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The Triumphal Arch (Plate 2 of the Grotteschi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)
1747–48
Medium/Technique
Etching, engraving, drypoint, burnishing
Dimensions
Sheet: 52.7 x 70.6 cm (20 3/4 x 27 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 39 x 54.7 cm (15 3/8 x 21 9/16 in.)
Platemark: 39 x 54.7 cm (15 3/8 x 21 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.
Accession Number54.774
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hind, p. 80, no. 25; Focillon 21; Robison 22, i/v (First Edition through Second Edition, Second Issue, 1747-1761); Ficacci 106
State
i
Marks
Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsIn plate, lower left, "Piranesi inv; incise, e vende in Roma in faccia all' Accademia di Francia"
ProvenanceM. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York; their gift to the MFA June 10, 1954