Art Institute of Chicago
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Date
- 1761
- Medium
- Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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