# The Prisons: Round Arches Springing from a Square Column

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/1941.26.13>)

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

## Image

![Round vaults spring from a massive square column in a dark imagined interior.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-d60b74f8e5d15001/full.jpg?v=98193197655d067dc024bbe6921410b3ecb3dca6c0f29475c76a9358bd3a61ca>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1941.26.13. Dudley P. Allen Fund. CC0 Open Access.
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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