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

1745–50

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

(Italian, 1720–1778)
Italy, 18th century
etching
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams 1957.218
Catalogue raisonné: Focillon 28; Hind 5
Location: Not on view
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