Carceri Series, Plate V

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1745

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Vertical rectangle. Interlacing vaulted arcades, with massive classical sculpture in the foreground. Figures haul in ropes in the center. Upper right, Calcografia number 353.

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Title: Carceri Series, Plate V
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
Date Created: 1745
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/123002
Medium: Etching
Credit line: Gift of Gertrude W. Lewis

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etching