id: 120435 accession number: 1941.26.8 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26.8 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:45.367000 Imaginary Prisons: The Prisons: A Vast Gallery with a Group of Prisoners, 1745–1750. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching; plate: 41.2 x 54.2 cm (16 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.); sheet: 49.5 x 63.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1941.26.8 title: The Prisons: A Vast Gallery with a Group of Prisoners title in original language: series: Imaginary Prisons series in original language: Carceri d'invenzione creation date: 1745–1750 creation date earliest: 1745 creation date latest: 1750 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 18th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Focillon 33 ; Hind 10 ; Robison 36 I/IV ; Wilton-Ely 35 Early State --- CREATORS * Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) - artist --- measurements: Plate: 41.2 x 54.2 cm (16 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.5 x 63.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.) state of the work: H. I/III edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed, lower left, in plate: Piranesi f. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00 Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). title: Old Master Prints and Drawings opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00 Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.26.8/1941.26.8_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.26.8/1941.26.8_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.26.8/1941.26.8_full.tif