The Arch with a Shell Ornament

c. 1758

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite, and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.2 x 54 cm (15 13/16 x 21 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 52.6 x 74 cm (20 11/16 x 29 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2003.44.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robison 1978, no. 37, State ii/vii

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Associated Artworks

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Pierre Berès; (sale, Sotheby's New York, 30 November 1995, no. 65); Herman Shickman; (sale, Sotheby's New York, 7 November 2002, no. 50); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1978

  • Robison, Andrew. Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Early Architectural Fantasies. Exh. guide. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q76341518

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