The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1761

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Plate: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 78.9 × 58.5 cm (31 1/8 × 23 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1922.5595

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