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Triumphal Arch
Triumphal Arch

Triumphal Arch

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1745–50
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk
DimensionsSheet: 18.5 x 25.6 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund, Bequest of William Perkins Babcock, Gift of George R. Shaw, and Anonymous gift, by exchange
Accession numberM26425
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ClassificationsDrawings
Provenance1917, sold by Charles Goodspeed's Bookshop, Boston to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: May 1917)
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