Inscribed in pencil, lower right margin: H. 14 | Before No.
The Gothic Arch, 1761
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
- Framed: Plate: 16 3/8 × 21 1/2 inches (41.6 × 54.6 cm) Sheet: 22 1/8 × 31 1/4 inches (56.2 × 79.4 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, Hal H. Smith Fund and Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund
42.74
Department
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
- Interior
- Architecture
- Engraving (printing process)
- Etching (printing process)
- Ink
- Laid paper
- Arches
- Stairs
- Colonnades
- Figures (representations)
- Prison
- Etching
- Italy
Details
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Provenance
Thomas Weld (Lulworth, England); Alden Galleries; 1942-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Rights Status
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Gothic Arch, 1761, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Hal H. Smith Fund and Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund, 42.74.