Giovanni Battista PIRANESI<br/>
<em>The gothic arch</em> (mid 1770s-c. 1835) <!-- (image only) --><br />
plate XIV from the <i>Carceri d'Invenzioni (Imaginary prisons)</i> series (1761- late 1770s), 2nd edition published by G. B. Piranesi, Rome<br />
etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite and burnishing<br />
41.7 x 54.9 cm (plate) 55.8 x 80.4 cm (sheet)<br />
4th issue through early printings of 5th edition<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Felton Bequest, 1921<br />
1150.14-3<br />

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Imaginary Prisons