Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Arch with a Shell Ornament

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, early 1770s

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)

RA Collection: Art

Title
The Arch with a Shell Ornament
Artist/printmaker
Published by
From
G.B. Piranesi, Carceri, pl. XI (2nd edition, 3rd issue)
Date
early 1770s
Object type
Print
Place of Publication
Rome
Medium
Etching with engraving
Dimensions

407 mm x 545 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
10/1596
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Carceri D'Invenzione Di G. Battista Piranesi Archit Vene - [Roma]: [early 1770s].

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