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Three Column Capitals by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Three Column Capitals

Three Column Capitals

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1740–1778

Medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 42.6 × 32.5 cm (16 13/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Genre: Pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkchalk sticksinkpen and ink drawingswashprints and drawinginorganic materialcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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