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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Staircase with Trophies1761

Not on view
Etching of a vast, imaginary prison interior with massive stone arches, timber beams, hanging drapery, and small figures on staircases and walkways, rendered in dense crosshatched black lines

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Staircase with Trophies, 1761, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
The Staircase with Trophies
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 21 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (55.24 x 40.32 cm); Sheet: 30 7/16 x 20 5/8 in. (77.31 x 52.39 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
46.27.8
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings