Maker(s): | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
| Culture: | Italian (1720-1778)
| Title: | The Triumphal Arch from the series Grotteschi [Grotesques]
| Date Made: | ca. 1748
| Type: | Print
| Materials: | Etching with engraving, drypoint, and burnishing , black ink on laid paper
| Measurements: | Mat: 24 in x 30 in; 60.96 cm x 76.2 cm; Sheet: 20 7/16 in x 28 13/16 in; 51.91125 cm x 73.18375 cm; Image: 15 1/4 in x 21 3/8 in; 38.735 cm x 54.2925 cm
| Narrative Inscription: | inscription: recto, lwr. l. (printed, within plate): PIRANESI INV. INCISE, E VENDE IN ROMA / IN FACCIA ALL’ACCADEMIA DI FRANCIA ; inscription: recto, lwr r. (brown ink): N.S.
| Accession Number: | MH 1989.L17.25
| Credit Line: | Anonymous Loan
| Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: Imagined view of ruins with arch partially visible in background. A bust dominates the center of the image with several figures below. The foreground is cluttered with plants, columns, bones, a lion statue and various other detritus.
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