Description
The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (ca. 1749–50).
Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing; first state of four (Robison). Original: Sheet: 24 13/16 x 19 1/2 in. (63 x 49.5 cm)
Plate: 21 7/16 x 16 5/16 in. (54.5 x 41.5 cm).
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937. Printed from The Met’s Open Access image (CC0). View the original at The Met (object 337725).