The smoking fire

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italy
1720 – 1778

The smoking fire
plate 6 from the series Carceri dinvenzioni (Imaginary prisons)
c 1749-50; and 1761
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite on paper
Place made
Rome
Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite on paper
Dimensions
54.4 x 40.0 cm (plate)
72.0 x 52.5 cm (sheet)
Credit line
Morgan Thomas Bequest Fund 1961
Accession number
612G6
Signature and date
Signed in plate l.l. "Piranesi. F". Not dated.
Media category
Print
Collection area
European prints
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    Staircase with trophies

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving on paper
    Accession no: 612G8
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    The arch with a shell ornament

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint on paper
    Accession no: 612G11
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    The drawbridge

    c 1749-50; and 1761; published mid 1770s-c 1835
    etching, engraving, scratching on paper
    Accession no: 612G7
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    The giant wheel

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving on paper
    Accession no: 612G9
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    The Gothic arch

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing on paper
    Accession no: 612G14
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    The grand piazza

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite on paper
    Accession no: 612G4
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    The lion bas-reliefs

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving on paper
    Accession no: 612G5
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    The man on the rack

    1761
    etching, engraving on paper
    Accession no: 612G2
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    The pier with a lamp

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing on paper
    Accession no: 612G15
  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720 – 1778

    The pier with chains

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing on paper
    Accession no: 612G16
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    The round tower

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite on paper
    Accession no: 612G3
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    The sawhorse

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching on paper
    Accession no: 612G12
  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720 – 1778

    The smoking fire

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite on paper
    Accession no: 612G6
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    The well

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, scratching, burnishing, lavis on paper
    Accession no: 612G13
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    Title plate

    c 1749-50; and 1761
    etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite on paper
    Accession no: 612G1