The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality)

Date

1750

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 40 × 54.3 cm (15 3/4 × 21 7/16 in.); Plate: 40.8 × 55 cm (16 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 79.5 cm (21 7/8 × 31 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1941.1255

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