The Gothic Arch
published 1749/1750
Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, and burnishing
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Credit Line
W.G. Russell Allen, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Pepita Milmore Funds
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Dimensions
plate: 41.3 x 54.4 cm (16 1/4 x 21 7/16 in.)
sheet: 51.2 x 71.1 cm (20 3/16 x 28 in.) -
Accession
1976.35.12
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Catalogue Raisonné
Robison 1986, no. 40, State i/vi
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1918
Focillon 1918, 37.
1922
Hind 1922, 14.
1986
Robison, Andrew. Piranesi Early Architectural Fantasies: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Etchings. Washington: National Gallery of Art; Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1986.
1992
"American Psychologist (Journal of the American Psychological Association)," vol. 47, no. 12 (December 1992): reproduced on cover.
Watermarks
Fleur-de-lis (Robison 5)
Wikidata ID
Q65568944