Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-17781761
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778 →etchingprint
Date
1761
Medium
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Plate: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 78.9 × 58.5 cm (31 1/8 × 23 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections
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