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The Prisons: A Prison Door by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

The Prisons: A Prison Door

The Prisons: A Prison Door

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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The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

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The Prisons: A Wide Hall with Lanterns

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The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

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View of the Octagonal Temple of Minerva Medica, from Views of Rome

View of the Octagonal Temple of Minerva Medica, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764

Antiquities of Rome: The Appian Way

Antiquities of Rome: The Appian Way

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1740

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

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Iscrizioni de Liberti e Servi

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