Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Stephen Riou, 1720–1780
Title:
La Prigioni a Venezia
Date:
1752
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black, brown, and gray ink, brown and gray wash, within double-ruled black ink border on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 13 3/8 inches (22.5 × 34 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Le Prigioni a Venezia"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Architecttura del Sansovino"; in pen and brown ink, lower center, scale bar numbered and "piedi Inglesi"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.780(6)
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
country house | palazzi | statues | plans (drawings) | Corinthian order | colonnades | facades | pilasters | chapels | domes | columns (architectural elements) | villas | exterior | rustication | architectural subject
Associated Places:
Italy
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:68838