Draw bridge
Maker
(artist)
1720-1778
(etcher)
1720-1778
(publisher)
18th century (Life dates)
1720-1778
(etcher)
1720-1778
(publisher)
18th century (Life dates)
Title
Draw bridge
Date of Production
1749 = 1760
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 54.5 cm
Width: 41.3 cm
Width: 41.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1978.PG.44.5
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This is one of the few plates in which Piranesi has used line etching alone, without any areas of tone. The cloud shapes add mystery and uncertainty by concealing some of the crucial points at which different architectural forms meet, whilst the dejected figures descending the stairs in the foreground, and the gesture of the man to the left beside the spiked spindle, add to the disquieting effect of the image. The inscription on the pier at the foor of the drawbridge seems deliberately illegible.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Piranesi, Tiepolo, Canaletto - Etchings from the Courtauld
Collection, London & England, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999
Hogarth and Piranesi: Engravings and etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1992-07/06/1992
Collection, London & England, 11/02/1999-03/05/1999
Hogarth and Piranesi: Engravings and etchings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 09/03/1992-07/06/1992
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : inscribed : printed : centre & recto : :
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