The Staircase with Trophies, c. 1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesiexpand_more
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The Martha T. Wallace Memorial Fund, 1930expand_more P.11,332
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Piranesi’s detailed studies of ancient Roman architecture sharpened his attention to building materials, such as the rivets in the huge center doors and the long, thin bricks of the arches on the second level.
Details
- Title
- The Staircase with Trophies
- Artist Life
- Italian, 1720–1778
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.11,332
- Provenance
- Erbach-Erbach family, Schloss Erbach Hofbibliothek, Erbach (Odenwald), Germany. F. H. Bresler Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Hind prisons 08 ii/iii, F.31, Robison 34 v/vi
- Curator Approved
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