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)

Keywords

arch shell ornament Carceri d'invenzione Piranesi Giovanni Battista 1720-1778 Etching engraving scratching sulphur tint open bite drypoint black-and-white 1761 group arches shown lamp suspended center foreground large crane right shell ornament left preliminary drawing Palatial interior London