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The Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

The Prisons

The Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1745–1750

Medium: etching
Genre: Print
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art

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Italy, 18th century

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View of the So-Called Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough) on the Via Tiburtina a mile from Tivoli, from Views of Rome

View of the So-Called Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough) on the Via Tiburtina a mile from Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1763

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Tempio di Giove Tonante

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The Giant Wheel

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Arco di Rimino fabbricato da Augusto

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The Remains of the Mausoleum of Augustus, plate XXI from The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome

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The Monumnental Tablet, from the Grotteschi

The Monumnental Tablet, from the Grotteschi

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Arch of Pola in Istria near the Gate, plate 24 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

Arch of Pola in Istria near the Gate, plate 24 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

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Sacrificial Offering in a Temple

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