The Prisons — Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778), 1745–1750

The Prisons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

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Credit: Dudley P. Allen Fund
Licence: CC0-1.0
Evidence: openaccess-api.clevelandart.org: share_license_status=CC0 on artwork 120422 (read 2026-09-01)
Record: https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26

Also by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

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Avanzo del Tempio di Minerva Medica, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Avanzo del Tempio di Minerva MedicaGiovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)c. 1745–65Cleveland Museum of Art

Tempio di Diana, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Tempio di DianaGiovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)1748Cleveland Museum of Art

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)1749–50Cleveland Museum of Art

Sacrificial Offering in a Temple, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Sacrificial Offering in a TempleGiovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)after 1750Cleveland Museum of Art

Avanco del Tempio della Concordia, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Avanco del Tempio della ConcordiaGiovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)1756Cleveland Museum of Art

Views of Rome: The The Isola Tiberina, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Views of Rome: The The Isola TiberinaGiovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)1775Cleveland Museum of Art

Within fifty years of 1745–1750

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Partisan of the Polish Noble Guard of Friedrich August I of Saxony, who twice ruled as king of Poland (1697–1704 and 1709–1733), Unknown — Partisan of the Polish Noble Guard of Friedrich August I of Saxony, who twice ruled as king of Poland (1697–1704 and 1709–1733)Unknownca. 1720Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Design for Illuminated Initial "F", Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 — Design for Illuminated Initial "F"Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742ca. 1695Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Ornamental Panel, plate 33, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier), Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750 — Ornamental Panel, plate 33, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–17501695–1750Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Praxis exercitiorum spiritualium P.N.S. Ignatii, Izquierdo, Sebastián — Praxis exercitiorum spiritualium P.N.S. IgnatiiIzquierdo, Sebastián1695Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online

Title Page, François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 — Title PageFrançois II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 17411696–1740Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Youth, Sage, and Attendant with Horse, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — Youth, Sage, and Attendant with HorseGiovanni Battista TiepoloNational Gallery of Art

Antonii van Dale ... Dissertationes de origine ac progressu idololatriae et superstitionum: de vera ac falsa prophetia; uti et de divinationibus idololatricis Judaeorum, Dale, Antonius van — Antonii van Dale ... Dissertationes de origine ac progressu idololatriae et superstitionum: de vera ac falsa prophetia; uti et de divinationibus idololatricis JudaeorumDale, Antonius van1696Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich

Design for Staircase, Voorst Castle, The Hague, Netherlands, Isaac de Moucheron, Dutch, 1667–1744 — Design for Staircase, Voorst Castle, The Hague, NetherlandsIsaac de Moucheron, Dutch, 1667–17441697–1700Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Also at Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relief of Nyankhnesut Seated, Unknown — Relief of Nyankhnesut SeatedUnknownc. 2311–2281 BCECleveland Museum of Art

Stele of Shemai, Unknown — Stele of ShemaiUnknownc. 1960–1916 BCECleveland Museum of Art

Relief of Hatshepsut or Tuthmosis III, Unknown — Relief of Hatshepsut or Tuthmosis IIIUnknown1479–1425 BCECleveland Museum of Art

Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti, Unknown — Talatat: Portrait of NefertitiUnknownc. 1353–1347 BCECleveland Museum of Art

Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti, Unknown — Talatat: Portrait of NefertitiUnknownc. 1353–1347 BCECleveland Museum of Art

Talatat: Nefertiti Offers to the Aten, Unknown — Talatat: Nefertiti Offers to the AtenUnknown1353–1347 BCECleveland Museum of Art

Tomb Relief of the Chief Physician Amenhotep and Family, Unknown — Tomb Relief of the Chief Physician Amenhotep and FamilyUnknownc. 1279–1257 BCECleveland Museum of Art

Stele of the High Priest of Ptah, Shedsunefertem, Unknown — Stele of the High Priest of Ptah, ShedsunefertemUnknown945–924 BCECleveland Museum of Art

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The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi — The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary PrisonsGiovanni Battista Piranesi1761The Art Institute of Chicago

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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) — Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)1749–50Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons), Giovanni Battista Piranesi — The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)Giovanni Battista Piranesica. 1749–50Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Print, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 — PrintJean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi — The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary PrisonsGiovanni Battista Piranesi1761The Art Institute of Chicago

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Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page [306], Khunrath, Heinrich — Amphitheatrum sapientiae aeternae, page [306]Khunrath, Heinrich1609Stiftung der Werke von C.G.Jung, Zürich, online

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Elevation of a Censer, Unknown — Elevation of a CenserUnknown1700–1750Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 — Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, FranceFelice Giani, Italian, 1758–18231813Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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