Art, literature & historyTitle Page from Imaginary Prisons
1749–50
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching with engraving and sulphur tint or open bite on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 54.4 × 41.4 cm (21 7/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 57.8 × 44.3 cm (22 13/16 × 17 1/2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1980.754
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Title Page from Imaginary Prisons — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1749–50.
Medium: Etching with engraving and sulphur tint or open bite on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image/plate: 54.4 × 41.4 cm (21 7/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 57.8 × 44.3 cm (22 13/16 × 17 1/2 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.