Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Staircase with Trophies
1760
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Staircase with Trophies
1760
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 625 x 469 mm. (24 5/8 x 18 7/16 in.)
Plate: 552 x 403 mm. (21 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of General Lawrason Riggs
Object Number
1935.1.8
Vaulted hall with a large staircase flanked by trophies and two flags to the left
Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein
Inscribed: In lower left corner, etched below image: "Piranesi F." In upper right corner of image: "VIII" In graphite on lower left of sheet: "H.8ii"
Markings: WM: none
