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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title Page1761

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Etching of a towering imaginary prison interior with massive stone arches, timber beams, iron chains, and staircases receding into deep shadow, with an inscribed stone tablet at center

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Title Page, 1761, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
Title Page
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (Sheet): 30 3/4 x 20 7/8 in. (78.105 x 53.0225 cm) Plate (Plate): 21 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (54.864 x 42.2275 cm) 21 3/8 x 16 1/8 in. (54.2925 x 40.9575 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
46.27.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings

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