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The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Well, plate 13 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Grand Piazza, plate 4 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Drawbridge, plate 7 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago
![View of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans [Jupiter the Thunderer], from Views of Rome](/api/images/artworks/aic/48067.jpg)
View of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans [Jupiter the Thunderer], from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

The Theater of Marcellus, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Felice, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the upper storey of the Cages for Wild Animals built by the Emperor Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amphitheater and commonly called the Curia Hostilia, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

Trajan's Column, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Palazzo Odescalchi, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Remains of the Dining Room of the Golden House of Nero, commonly called the Temple of Peace, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola on Monte Aureo, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Capitoline Hill with the steps to the Church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago
![View of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], built by Constantine the Great, from Views of Rome](/api/images/artworks/aic/48144.jpg)
View of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], built by Constantine the Great, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1750
Art Institute of Chicago