id:			120429
accession number:	1941.26.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26.2
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:45.337000

The Prisons:  A Vaulted Building with a Central Column with Barred Window, 1745–1750. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1941.26.2

title:				The Prisons:  A Vaulted Building with a Central Column with Barred Window
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creation date:			1745–1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		50
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Focillon 26 ; Hind 3

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CREATORS

* Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)  - artist

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state of the work:	H. I/III
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 634
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n118

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.26.2/1941.26.2_full.tif