The Pier with the Lamp

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Pier with the Lamp

Giovanni Battista PiranesiLinkedCulture matchlcp-4ee1b5daa952

Date
c. 1761
Medium
Etching
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
52628

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Credit line
The Martha T. Wallace Memorial Fund, 1930

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