diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05a695e..d00e7e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Tape has the following commands:
 - `tape images` - examine images referenced by a given set of manifests before packaging them
 - `tape package` - package an artifcat and push it to a registry
 - `tape pull` – downlowad and extract contents and attestations from an existing artifact
+- `tape view` – inspect an existing artifact
 
 ### Example
 
diff --git a/attest/types/types.go b/attest/types/types.go
index 994844b..f82bea2 100644
--- a/attest/types/types.go
+++ b/attest/types/types.go
@@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ func (s Subjects) Export() []toto.Subject {
 	return subjects
 }
 
-func (s Subjects) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error)     { return json.Marshal(s.Export()) }
-func (s *Subjects) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error { return json.Unmarshal(data, s) }
+func (s Subjects) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) { return json.Marshal(s.Export()) }
+
+//func (s *Subjects) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error { return json.Unmarshal(data, s) }
 
 func MakePathCheckSummaryCollection(entries ...PathChecker) (*PathCheckSummaryCollection, error) {
 	numEntries := len(entries)
diff --git a/tape/app/app.go b/tape/app/app.go
index 945f10f..c14b58c 100644
--- a/tape/app/app.go
+++ b/tape/app/app.go
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ func Run() int {
 				OutputManifestDirOptions: OutputManifestDirOptions{},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:  "view",
+			short: "View an artefact",
+			options: &TapeViewCommand{
+				tape: tape,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range commands {
diff --git a/tape/app/view.go b/tape/app/view.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2e6c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tape/app/view.go
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package app
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	toto "github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang/in_toto"
+
+	//attestTypes "github.com/docker/labs-brown-tape/attest/types"
+
+	"github.com/docker/labs-brown-tape/oci"
+)
+
+type TapeViewCommand struct {
+	tape *TapeCommand
+	OutputFormatOptions
+
+	Image string `short:"I" long:"image" description:"Name of the image to view" required:"true"`
+}
+
+type artefactInfo struct {
+	RawManifests struct {
+		Index   rawManifest[oci.IndexManifest] `json:"index"`
+		Content rawManifest[oci.Manifest]      `json:"content"`
+		Attest  rawManifest[oci.Manifest]      `json:"attest"`
+	} `json:"rawManifests"`
+	Attestations []toto.Statement `json:"attestations"`
+}
+
+type rawManifest[T oci.Manifest | oci.IndexManifest] struct {
+	Digest   string `json:"digest,omitempty"`
+	Manifest *T     `json:"manifest,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (c *TapeViewCommand) Execute(args []string) error {
+	ctx := context.WithValue(c.tape.ctx, "command", "view")
+	if len(args) != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected arguments: %v", args)
+	}
+
+	if err := c.tape.Init(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	client := oci.NewClient(nil)
+
+	outputInfo, err := c.CollectInfo(ctx, client)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to collect info about artifact: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := c.PrintInfo(ctx, outputInfo); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to print info about artifact: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *TapeViewCommand) CollectInfo(ctx context.Context, client *oci.Client) (*artefactInfo, error) {
+	artefactInfo := &artefactInfo{}
+
+	imageIndex, indexManifest, _, err := client.GetIndexOrImage(ctx, c.Image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if indexManifest == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no index manifest found for %q", c.Image)
+	}
+
+	imageIndexDigest, err := imageIndex.Digest()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	artefactInfo.RawManifests.Index = rawManifest[oci.IndexManifest]{
+		Digest:   imageIndexDigest.String(),
+		Manifest: indexManifest,
+	}
+
+	imageInfo, manifests, err := client.FetchFromIndexOrImage(ctx, imageIndex, indexManifest, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(imageInfo) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no images found in index %q", c.Image)
+	}
+
+	for i := range imageInfo {
+		info := imageInfo[i]
+		switch info.MediaType {
+		case oci.ContentMediaType:
+		case oci.AttestMediaType:
+			gr, err := gzip.NewReader(info)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(gr)
+			for scanner.Scan() {
+				statement := toto.Statement{} // attestTypes.GenericStatement[any]{}
+				if err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(scanner.Bytes())).Decode(&statement); err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				artefactInfo.Attestations = append(artefactInfo.Attestations, statement)
+			}
+			if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if err := gr.Close(); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for digest := range manifests {
+		m := rawManifest[oci.Manifest]{
+			Digest:   digest.String(),
+			Manifest: manifests[digest],
+		}
+		switch m.Manifest.Config.MediaType {
+		case oci.ContentMediaType:
+			artefactInfo.RawManifests.Content = m
+		case oci.AttestMediaType:
+			artefactInfo.RawManifests.Attest = m
+		}
+	}
+	return artefactInfo, nil
+}
+
+func (c *TapeViewCommand) PrintInfo(ctx context.Context, outputInfo *artefactInfo) error {
+	stdj := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+	switch c.OutputFormat {
+	case OutputFormatDirectJSON:
+		stdj.SetIndent("", "  ")
+		if err := stdj.Encode(outputInfo); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal output: %w", err)
+		}
+	case OutputFormatText, OutputFormatDetailedText:
+		fmt.Printf("%s\n", c.Image)
+		fmt.Printf("  Digest: %s\n", outputInfo.RawManifests.Index.Digest)
+		fmt.Printf("  OCI Manifests:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("    %s %s %d \n", outputInfo.RawManifests.Content.Digest,
+			outputInfo.RawManifests.Content.Manifest.Config.MediaType,
+			outputInfo.RawManifests.Content.Manifest.Config.Size)
+		fmt.Printf("    %s\n", outputInfo.RawManifests.Attest.Digest)
+
+	}
+	return nil
+}