The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

c. 1750

Accession Number

43892

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 54.2 × 40.9 cm (21 3/8 × 16 1/8 in.); Plate: 55 × 41.5 cm (21 11/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 79.4 × 55.5 cm (31 5/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection