Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Provenance

From three volumes of caricatures probably executed in Rome at the court of Carlos, King of Naples between 1734 and 1755 who acceded the throne of Spain as Carlos III in 1759; by inheritance to Carlos IV, 1788-1808; Joseph Bonaparte [1768-1844], King of Naples and Spain, 1808-1813; Marquis of Wellesley (later Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington), 1814. (David Carritt, London), by 1971; (Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara), 1972; purchased by NGA, 1997.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Ghezzi, Pier Leone

1750/1755

Accession Number

1997.107.1

Medium

pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper mounted on album page

Dimensions

sheet: 30.1 x 21.4 cm (11 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.) | support: 48 x 37.9 cm (18 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund