Recto: The Interior of a Palatial Gallery; verso: Caricature and other studies

Primary Circle of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778)

NationalityItalian, Europe

Date1745

MediumPen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), black chalk (verso)

DimensionsSheet: 7 15/16 × 9 3/16 in. (20.2 × 23.3 cm)

Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection, 2017.1317

Keywords

interior scene

Rights Statement

NO COPYRIGHT - PUBLIC DOMAIN

Collection AreaPrints and Drawings

Object number2017.1317

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