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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Well1761

Not on view
Etching of a vast stone dungeon interior with towering wooden beams, chains, and small human figures on staircases, rendered in dense cross-hatched black ink

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Well, 1761, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
The Well
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate (Plate): 15 7/8 x 21 1/2 in. (40.3225 x 54.61 cm) Sheet (Sheet): 20 3/8 x 29 3/16 in. (51.7525 x 74.1363 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.88 × 71.12 cm) Frame: 24 × 30 in. (60.96 × 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
46.27.13
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings

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