'Dark Prison (Carcere Oscura)', 1790–99, Watercolor over graphite, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm), Drawings, Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London), After Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome), Turner copied this view of an imaginary prison interior from an etching by the Italian printmaker, architect, archaeologist, art theorist, and designer Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778). Like other scenes from Piranesi's celebrated Carceri d'invenzione, this image (Dark Prison with a Courtyard for the Punishment of Criminals) presents a cavernous space criss-crossed by labyrinthine walkways and populated by diminutive figures
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Dark Prison, Carcere Oscura, 1790–99, Watercolor, graphite, Sheet, 14 3/16 x 9 1/4, 36 23.5 cm, Drawings, Joseph Mallord William Turner, British, London, 1775–1851, After Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, Mogliano Veneto, 1720–1778, Rome, Turner copied, view, imaginary prison, interior, etching, Italian printmaker, architect, archaeologist, art theorist, designer Giovanni, Battista, Piranesi, scenes, celebrated Carceri, d'invenzione, image, Courtyard, Punishment, Criminals, presents, cavernous space, criss-crossed, labyrinthine walkways, populated, diminutive figures
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