The Prisons

The Prisons: Title Page -- Interior of a Prison

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title Page, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Giovanni Bouchard

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1/4 Design for a Painted Ceiling, with the Arms of a Cardinal in the Corner

Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century

The Prisons: A Prison Door

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 34, from "Trattato delle Piante & Immagini de Sacri Edifizi di Terra Santa" (Treatise of the Plans & Images of the Sacred Buildings of the Holy Land)

Jacques Callot, After designs by Bernardino Amico, Pietro Cecconcelli

The Man on the Rack, plate 2 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Prisons: A Perspective of Roman Arches, with Two Lions Carved in Relief on Stone Slabs in the Foreground

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Study for the 'Essequie' Conducted in San Lorenzo, Florence, in 1637 in Honour of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II

Alfonso Parigi

The Prisons: An Arched Chamber with Posts and Chains

Giovanni Battista Piranesi