The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons
c. 1750
Medium
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 41.5 × 55.1 cm (16 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 55.1 cm (16 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 80.5 cm (21 7/8 × 31 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
43884
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) was an Italian printmaker, architect, and antiquarian whose visionary etchings of Rome and imaginary prisons revolutionized architectural representation and profoundly influenced both Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Piranesi stands as one of the most important printmakers of the eighteenth century, fundamentally shaping European perceptions of ancient Rome an...