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The Arch with Shell Ornament

Alternate TitleA Series of Galleries with Round Arches and a Cranelike erection of Beams in the Right Foreground

Printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

Date1749-ca. 1758

Place createdRome, Italy, Europe

Mediumetching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite and drypoint

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineBequest of Herbert Greer French

Accession Number1943.454

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