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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Smoking Fire1761

Not on view
Etching of a vast, imaginary stone prison interior with soaring arches, diagonal ropes, wooden scaffolding, and tiny human figures dwarfed by the architecture

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

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
The Smoking Fire
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 30 5/8 x 20 1/4 in. (77.79 x 51.43 cm); Plate: 21 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. (54.29 x 40.32 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
46.27.6
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings