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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform1761

Not on view
Etching of a vast, shadowy prison interior with massive timber beams, stone arches, staircases, and small human figures, using dense cross-hatching and extreme contrast

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, 1761, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
15 3/4 in. (40.01 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.448
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings