Print, Carceri Series, Plate XV, 1745, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Horizontal rectangle. An enormous pier in the center foreground supports four vaults, pierced by a circular window at their junction. Stairways and galleries in the background. Upper center, calcografia number 363. Date: 1745. Dimensions: Sheet: 51.8 x 63.9 cm (20 3/8 x 25 3/16 in.); ; Platemark: 41.3 x 55.3 cm (16 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.). Medium: etching on white laid paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Carceri Series, Plate XV, 1745 (CH 18425219)