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The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

Date:

1761

Artist:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778

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Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1761

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 40.7 × 54 cm (16 1/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 54.8 cm (16 3/8 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 78.5 cm (23 1/4 × 30 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1922.5603

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