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A crenellated bridge with a triumphal arch in the center sits high above the quay and the masts…
Arco di Trajano in Ancona.
A crenellated bridge with a triumphal arch in the center sits high above the quay and the masts…
A crenellated bridge with a triumphal arch in the center sits high above the quay and the masts of tall ships on either side.
Arco di Trajano in Ancona, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1748, etching on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Arco di Trajano in Ancona.

Artist (Italian, 1720 - 1778)
Datec. 1748
MediumEtching on paper
DimensionsPlate: 5 1/4 × 10 5/8 inches (13.3 × 27 cm)
Portfolio/SeriesPlate 28, "Antichità romane de’ tempi della repubblica e de’ primi imperatori disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Prianesi architetetto veneziano" series
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Julianna F. Waring.
Object number2020.17.25
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