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Arch with view through to arcade with a frieze
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Arch with view through to arcade with a frieze

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1761 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

View through an arch at an arcade with a sculpted frieze. The print is called 'The Great Square' in the literature. Numbered upper right: IV.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printprison, jailarcade ~ architecture
Credit lineBoog met doorkijk op arcade met een fries. 1761. Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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