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.
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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, British Museum, 1908-6-16-20, Inscribed, lower left, Piranesi F
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