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The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1761

Medium: Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 53.7 × 39.4 cm (21 3/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 54.4 × 40.1 cm (21 7/16 × 15 13/16 in.); Sheet: 78.7 × 57.7 cm (31 × 22 3/4 in.)
Genre: Etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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