id:			134701
accession number:	1957.218
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.218
updated:		2025-12-21 05:54:07.308000

The Prisons:  A Perspective of Roman Arches, with Two Lions Carved in Relief on Stone Slabs in the Foreground, 1745–50. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Etching. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, 1957.218

title:				The Prisons:  A Perspective of Roman Arches, with Two Lions Carved in Relief on Stone Slabs in the Foreground
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creation date:			1745–50
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1750
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	etching
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Focillon 28; Hind 5

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

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