The representation closes on the left with a part of the wall arch that seems to open the viewer's gaze on a world of anguish and fear. The title is placed on a huge gravestone, placed close to a wall walkways leading in different directions and a wide staircase are described on the right while a chained figure, characterized by a dramatically tense expression, is outlined above the title and dominates the entire composition. The scene is an example of the entire cycle, one of the most cryptic and technically complex due to the creative genius of the Venetian engraver. The complete etchings, Koln, Taschen, 2000 (ed. The complete etchings, San Francisco, AlanWofsy, 1994, n. 29/II Wilton-Ely John, Giovanni Battista Piranesi. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Etchings, Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1986, n. italiana a cura di Maurizio Calvesi e Augusta Monferini, Bologna, Alfa, 1967, p.

1 Focillon Henri, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ediz. consultata London, Holland Press, 1967), p. Reference: Hind, Arthur Mayer, Giovanni Battista Piranesi : a critical study with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome, London, Cotswold Gallery, 1922, 1. This beautiful specimen belongs to the first edition 1749/50. Print dimensions: mm 545 x 410 sheet dimensions: mm 635 x 494.

Inscripted in the center, in imitation of a carved epigraph: ''INVENTIONS / CAPRIC OF PRISONS / ALL ACQVA FORTE / DATED IN LVCE / BY YOUNG PEOPLE / BOUCHARD IN / ROME MERCANTE / AL CORSO''. Original Etching with Burin details on Laid paper. Carcere d'Invenzione is an original Modern Artwork realized by Giovan Battista Piranesi (Mogliano Veneto, 1720 - Rome, 1778).

G. b. piranesi prison