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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 16: The Pier with Chains,

Description

Maker

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

Plate 16: The Pier with Chains

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Techniques

  • etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 40.2 x 54.4 cm (15 13/16 x 21 7/16 inches)

Identification

State

i/v

Standard Reference Number

Robison 1986, no. 42; Wilton-Ely no. 41

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

47.154.16

About

Plate 16: The Pier with Chains
, from Invenzioni Capric di Carceri... (Imaginary Prisons)

Robison 1986, no. 42; Wilton-Ely no. 41
i/v

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Plate 16: The Pier with Chains with the accession number of 47.154.16. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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