Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridgehead of Rome against the Army of Lars Porsena, title plate of Carceri d'invenzioni (Imaginary Prisons)
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720–1778)
Date1761
MediumEtching on laid paper
DimensionsImage: 21 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (55.2 x 41.3 cm);
Sheet: 27 1/2 x 21 1/8 inches (69.9 x 53.7 cm)
Sheet: 27 1/2 x 21 1/8 inches (69.9 x 53.7 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum Purchase Fund
Terms
- Etching
- Chains
- Interiors
- Lettering (Layout features)
- Prisons
- Rope
- Italian
Object number69.065
Collections
Israël Silvestre
Antonio Canaletto
ca. 1740 - 1746