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A Perspective of Arches, with a Smoking Fire in the Centre
Image Not Available for A Perspective of Arches, with a Smoking Fire in the Centre

A Perspective of Arches, with a Smoking Fire in the Centre

Creator Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720 - 1778)
Date1761
Mediumetching on paper
DimensionsOverall (imp.): 51.7 x 41.3 cm (20 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bagnani, 1988
Category
    Object number88/221.6
    LocationNot currently on display

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