# The Prisons: A Vaulted Building with a Central Column with Barred Window

By [Giovanni Battista Piranesi](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/giovanni-battista-piranesi.md>), 1745–50.

## Details

- Medium: etching
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26.2>)

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

## Image

![A spiral stair wraps around a heavy stone column beneath lofty vaults and barred openings.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-45a461387c9bd073/full.jpg?v=0413a0a0f46e2cbca03c9403259577a0fcbbc6897147a2f3edc9a69019675b38>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.26.2. Dudley P. Allen Fund. CC0 Open Access.
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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