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The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1761

Medium: Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 54.5 × 41 cm (21 1/2 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 55.1 × 41.8 cm (21 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.); Sheet: 78.5 × 58.5 cm (30 15/16 × 23 1/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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