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Piranesi, Carceri d'Invenzione, Plate VII
Giovanni Battista Piranesi · Second state, 1761
The imaginary prisons, second state — darker, because he went back into the plates angrier. Staircases to nowhere, drawn by a man who built almost nothing and influenced everyone who built anything.
- Maker
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Period
- Second state, 1761
- Origin
- Rome, Italy
- Medium
- Etching on laid paper
- Dimensions
- 55 × 41 CM
Provenance
Old collection stamp verso
Paris, Galerie sale, 1971
Part of Works on Paper
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