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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Well1761

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Etching of a vast imaginary prison interior with soaring arches, hanging ropes and chains, staircases, and tiny human figures amid dense crosshatched shadows

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Well, 1761, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title
The Well
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1761
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Composition: 16 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (40.96 x 53.98 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.446
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings

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