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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The gothic arch (mid 1770s-c. 1835)
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite and burnishing
41.7 × 54.9 cm (plate) 55.8 × 80.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
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The gothic arch
(mid 1770s-c. 1835)
plate XIV from the Carceri d'Invenzioni (Imaginary prisons) series (1761- late 1770s), 2nd edition published by G. B. Piranesi, Rome
Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite and burnishing
Measurements
41.7 × 54.9 cm (plate) 55.8 × 80.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Robison 40 iv/v
Edition
4th issue through early printings of 5th edition
Inscription
inscribed in plate l.c.l.: Piranesi F.
Accession Number
1150.14-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Architecture Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
arches beams (structural elements) grilles (barrier elements) imaginary views imprisonment prisons (buildings) stairs stonework