A Magnificent Palatial Interior

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748/1752

The image shows intricate lines and shapes creating elaborate arches and architectural structures. The drawing has a swirling and overlapping design that suggests chaotic motion within a grand structure. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi ¹
Date: 1748/1752 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash with graphite over red chalk, touches of black chalk on laid paper, incised ¹
Original: 7,137 × 5,223 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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