PrintsItalian18th-19th century

Prison

18th-19th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiranesiArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

Italian

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 35.4 × 23.1 cm (13 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.) plate: 36 × 23.6 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 38.6 × 23.7 cm (15 3/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

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