The Staircase with Trophies, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Carceri d'invenzione
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome|French, ca. 1716–1795
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1749–50
Medium: Etching, engraving; first state of six (Robison)
Dimensions: Sheet: 25 x 19 1/2 in. (63.5 x 49.5 cm)
Plate: 21 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (54.6 x 40 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession year: 1937
Tags: Prisons|Stairs