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The Smoking Fire,
1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720–1778; born Mogliano Veneto, Italy; died Rome, Italy; active Rome
x1938-13 f
Information
Title
The Smoking Fire
Dates
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 54.1 x 39.9 cm (21 5/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
sheet: 62.8 x 49 cm (24 3/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
frame: 77.5 × 62.2 × 2.5 cm (30 1/2 × 24 1/2 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1938-13 f
Place Made
Europe, Italy
Inscription
Numbered in plate, upper right: VI.
Signed in plate, lower left: Piranesi F.
Marks/Labels/Seals
In graphite, lower right: 6
Reference Numbers
Focillon 29; Hind 26; Robison 32; Wilton-Ely 31
Materials
Techniques
Subject
- Henri Focillon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Essai de catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre (Paris: Libr. Renouard, H. Laurens, 1918)., nos. 24–39
- Arthur Mayger Hind, Early Italian engraving: a critical catalogue with complete reproduction of all the prints described (London: Pub. for M. Knoedler, New York, by B. Quaritch, 1938-48)., nos. 24–29
- Andrew Robison, Piranesi: Early Architectural Fantasies (Washington, D.C: National Gallery of Art; Chicago: University of Chicago, 1986)., nos. 26–41
- John Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the complete etchings (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994)., nos. 29–42
