Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720–1778
CultureItalian
Titles
- The Well
- from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)
Datec. 1749
MediumEtching with engraving, scraping, and burnishing, state I/V
Dimensions15 3/4 × 21 1/4 in. (40 × 54 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alice C. Simkins
Object number78.146
Not on view
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96.29.19