The Arch with the Shell Ornament, c. 1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesiexpand_more
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The Martha T. Wallace Memorial Fund, 1930expand_more P.11,335
Not on Viewexpand_more
If the Prisons recall The Phantom of the Opera, it is due to the sublime wonder that overwhelmed Piranesi as he explored the enormous sewers of ancient Rome and to the wonder that later stage designers experienced when exploring and mining Piranesi’s works. They found inspiration in the emotional content of his architecture, its three-dimensional effect, and its complex lighting arrangements.
Details
- Title
- The Arch with the Shell Ornament
- Artist Life
- Italian, 1720–1778
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.11,335
- Provenance
- Erbach-Erbach family, Schloss Erbach Hofbibliothek, Erbach (Odenwald), Germany. F. H. Bresler Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Hind prisons 11 ii/iii, F.34, Robison 37 vi/vii
- Curator Approved
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