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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pier with Chains1761

Not on view
Etching of a vast imaginary prison interior with stone arches, dangling chains, timber beams, staircases, and tiny human figures dwarfed by the monumental architecture

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

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
The Pier with Chains
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 x 29 7/8 in. (50.8 x 75.88 cm); Plate: 16 x 21 3/4 in. (40.64 x 55.24 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
46.27.16
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings