The Round Tower, from 'Carceri d'invenzione' (Imaginary Prisons), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749–50

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The Round Tower, from 'Carceri d'invenzione' (Imaginary Prisons), ca. 1749–50, Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing; first state of four (Robison), Sheet: 24 13/16 x 19 1/2 in. (63 x cm), Prints, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome), A native of Venice, Piranesi went to Rome at age twenty and where he remained for the remainder of his life. Rome was the inspiration for and subject of most of his etchings that number over a thousand

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Size: 3748px × 4875px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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