Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Triumphal Arch

The Triumphal Arch, early 1770s

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)

RA Collection: Art

Title
The Triumphal Arch
Artist/printmaker
Published by
From
'Grotteschi' (part of Piranesi's Opere varie, 2nd ed., 5th issue)
Date
early 1770s
Object type
Print
Place of Publication
Rome
Medium
Etching with engraving and drypoint
Dimensions

390 mm x 545 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
10/1716
This image is from a book

Opere Varie Di Architettura Prospettive Grotteschi Antichità Sul Gusto Degli Antichi Romani Inventate, ed Incise Da Gio. Batista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano - In Roma,

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