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Image Not Available for The Gothic Arch (Plate XIV of the Second Edition, Second Issue of the Carceri)
The Gothic Arch (Plate XIV of the Second Edition, Second Issue of the Carceri)
Image Not Available for The Gothic Arch (Plate XIV of the Second Edition, Second Issue of the Carceri)

The Gothic Arch (Plate XIV of the Second Edition, Second Issue of the Carceri)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1761
Medium/TechniqueEtching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing
DimensionsSheet: 56.5 x 79.6 cm (22 1/4 x 31 5/16 in.)
Platemark: 41.8 x 55 cm (16 7/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession number21.11687
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ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1921, gift of Miss Ellen Twistleton Bullard (b. 1865 - d. 1959), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 1, 1921)
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