The arch with a shell ornament, Carceri d'invenzione, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778, Etching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint, black-and-white, 1761, A group of arches is shown with a lamp suspended in the center foreground and a large crane to the right. The shell ornament, seen on the left, also appears in a preliminary drawing known as Palatial interior (London, British Museum, 1908-6-16-20). Inscribed at lower left, Piranesi F, Reimagined by Gibon, design of warm cheerful glowing of brightness and light rays radiance. Classic art reinvented with a modern

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