Renaissance to Rococo: A Loan Exhibition of Italian Engravings and Woodcuts

About the exhibition

Michigan State University presented a loan exhibition of Italian engravings and woodcuts in 1956. Its stated range extended from Renaissance to Rococo printmaking; the source title spells the latter term “Roccoco.” Exact surviving examples are Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Title Plate (1780s; etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite [date should be read as "published 1780s"]) and Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s The Giant Wheel (1780s; etching, engraving [date should be read as "published 1780s"]). This is a partial checklist reconstructed from the objects’ museum histories; precise opening and closing days remain unknown.

Also recorded as: Renaissance to Roccoco: A Loan Exhibition of Italian Engravings and Woodcuts, Michigan State University, East Lansing