Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality)

Date

1750–1760

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 54.8 × 41.5 cm (21 5/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Plate: 54.8 × 41.5 cm (21 5/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 78.8 × 54.8 cm (31 1/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1941.1256

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