The Arch with a Shell Ornament

Series TitleCarceri

Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)

Date1761

MediumEtching on paper

DimensionsPlate: 16 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches (41.28 x 55.25 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/16 x 24 7/8 inches (51.59 x 63.18 cm)
Framed: 25 1/4 x 30 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches (64.14 x 78.11 x 3.81 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jean L. Blackman

Object number2006.32

Signedb.l.corner, margin: "Piranesi F."

Markingst.r.corner: "XI"

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DescriptionVast arched chamber with lantern, center, suspended by long cord. Curved form, left margin, under arch from which beams protrude beneath ladder, foremost beam with pendant chain looped at top to lantern cord. Above wide bottom arch with proturding blocks, long railed floor interrupted by platform with two round coner towers, other arches above and beyond. Figures dotted about on stairs beneath arches. Cylindrical beam, bottom right, slants toward center.

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