# Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10

By [Giovanni Battista Piranesi](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/giovanni-battista-piranesi.md>), 1749–50.

## Details

- Medium: etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing
- Dimensions: Plate: 41.2 x 54.2 cm (16 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.5 x 63.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.)
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26.8>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Baroque](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/baroque.md>)

## Image

![Small figures stand on a projecting platform within a vast vaulted prison crossed by ropes and beams.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-66eb15a2387ba0ea/full.jpg?v=d91b7e6476c8993e954bed73f8140c7e52aa1637ff8939bdb1eaf8ca63917a3f>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.26.8. Dudley P. Allen Fund. CC0 Open Access.
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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