Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10
Cleveland Museum of Art

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778) · 1749–50

etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Author Thomas De Quincy compared the disorienting and disturbing imagery of this series to his experience with opium addiction in his 1821 book <em>Confessions of an English Opium-Eater</em>.<em> </em>

🔒
Order museum-quality prints

Sign in to order prints, canvas, and more of this work. Browsing and full-resolution downloads stay free.