Catalogo delle Opere Date Finora Alla Lvce Da Gio Battista Piranesi
1749
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1749
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This etching shows crowded sheets of paper with prints stacked and pinned up. It looks like a messy print shop in 1779, with piles of prints and tools everywhere. Piranesi didn’t just show prints—he listed them all in tiny text. The messy scene hides a catalog of his own work, made the same year he died. Check out the piles of prints yourself at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
![The Siege of La Rochelle [plate 13 of 16; set comprises 1952.8.97-112]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/832fb6aa37df6e9d/thumb.webp)
![The Siege of La Rochelle [plate 9 of 16; set comprises 1952.8.97-112]](https://pub-3a17a9933ad74fb28aa30fa758592f23.r2.dev/artworks/a3dc1104500fd252/thumb.webp)
