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
Image credit
Photo: Stewart Adams
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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
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    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