The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

c. 1750

Accession Number

43878

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 40.9 × 55.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 40.9 × 55.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.2 × 77.2 cm (21 3/4 × 30 7/16 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection