# The Prisons: An Immense Interior with a Drawbridge

By [Giovanni Battista Piranesi](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/giovanni-battista-piranesi.md>), 1745–1750.

## Details

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

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.26.5>)

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

## Image

![Stairs, ropes, and a raised bridge cross a cavernous imagined prison interior.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-98adbe2f680a92de/full.jpg?v=1f7a7cd677b148bea2116b6844813463d86268145a8538cc6c89b66d7720413b>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.26.5. Dudley P. Allen Fund. CC0 Open Access.
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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