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The Prisons: An Immense Interior with a Drawbridge by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

The Prisons: An Immense Interior with a Drawbridge

The Prisons: An Immense Interior with a Drawbridge

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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