Plan of an imaginary ancient seat of learning
date: label: Date
content: 1750
name: label: Artist
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Plan of a large circular structure with radiating crilces and pavilions. Description, upper left; key, upper right. Inscribed, lower left: "Giambattista Piranesi inventore scolpi." Plate 22 of the "Opere varie di architettura prospettive ---"
label: Description
content: Focillon, vol. II, P. 18, nO. 121 (22). Reprint
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-94-71
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on white paper
label: Dimensions
content: 61.0 x 45.0 cm (plate mark), 67.0 x 51.5 cm (paper)