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The Pier with a Lamp
Giovanni Battista Piranesi(Italian, 1720-1778)
- Date
- 1761
- Medium
- Etching and engraving printed in black on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 16 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. 40.9 x 54.6 cm sheet: 21 7/8 x 31 3/8 in. 55.5 x 79.6 cm
- Department
- Prints, Drawings & Photographs
- Classification
- Prints
- Credit
- Founders Society Purchase, Hal H. Smith Fund and Elizabeth P. Kirby Fund
- Accession No.
- 42.75
- Provenance
- Thomas Weld, Lulworth, England; Alden Gallery
- Keywords
- INTERIOR
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