
Title
The arch with a shell ornament, Carceri d'invenzione, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778, Etching, engraving, scratching
Caption
The arch with a shell ornament, Carceri d'invenzione, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778, Etching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint, black-and-white, 1761, A group of arches is shown with a lamp suspended in the center foreground and a large crane to the right. The shell ornament, seen on the left, also appears in a preliminary drawing known as Palatial interior (London, British Museum, 1908-6-16-20). Inscribed at lower left, Piranesi F
Info+
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Date
1908
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT19B35_143
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
54,7Mb (5,4Mb) / 16,9in x 12,6in / 5059 x 3778 (300dpi)