The Round Tower, c. 1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesiexpand_more
Etchingexpand_more
The Martha T. Wallace Memorial Fund, 1930expand_more P.11,327
Not on Viewexpand_more
Like dreams, Piranesi’s Prisons combine seemingly concrete elements with others more mysterious. Stairways and balconies lead to unknown destinations. Piranesi invites the viewer to wander, in the mind’s eye, that is, with the anonymous inhabitants of his dungeons.
Details
- Title
- The Round Tower
- Artist Life
- Italian, 1720–1778
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.11,327
- Provenance
- Erbach-Erbach family, Schloss Erbach Hofbibliothek, Erbach (Odenwald), Germany. F. H. Bresler Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Hind prisons 03 ii/iii, F.26; Robison 30 v/vi
- Curator Approved
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