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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778

Maximum print size

53.3 × 41.7 cm · 21.0 × 16.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 6,313 × 4,919 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 16×20 inch frame.

Frame: 91.4 × 61.0 cm · 36.0 × 24.0 in
Mat opening: 53.3 × 41.7 cm · 21.0 × 16.4 in
Mat border, sides: 19.1 cm · 7.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1749–50
Medium: etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing
Type: Print
Origin: Italy, 18th century
Orientation: landscape
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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