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Print, Peep-show, Vue d'un Superbe Pallais de Rome

This is a Print. It was print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is engraving in ink and washes of water-color on paper, mounted on scrapbook page. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Edith Wharton and Edith Wharton. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Edward R. Wharton.

Its dimensions are

29.1 × 45.4 cm (11 7/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Vue d'un Superbe Pallais de Rome

Cite this object as

Print, Peep-show, Vue d'un Superbe Pallais de Rome; Print Maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778); France; engraving in ink and washes of water-color on paper, mounted on scrapbook page; 29.1 × 45.4 cm (11 7/16 × 17 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Edward R. Wharton; 1901-30-2

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