DETAILS
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Date
- 1745
- Medium
- etching
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
AUDIO DEEP DIVE
Stand in front of it and listen
The full narration walks you through The Prisons: An Arched Chamber with Posts and Chains — the story behind it, the details most visitors miss, and why it matters. Free in the Art Whisper app.
THE ARTIST
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the 18th-century Italian master of etching, transformed the ruins of Rome into dramatic, atmospheric visions that captivated Grand Tourists and shaped Neoclassicism.