Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749–50

Etching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint; first state of seven (Robison)

49.5 × 64 cm (19.5 × 25.2 in)

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