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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
The Man on the Rack, from the series Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d'Invenzione)
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2017.

The Man on the Rack, from the series Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d'Invenzione)

Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778)
Date1761
MediumEtching on laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 21 3/8 × 16 1/4 in. (54.3 × 41.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 30 1/8 × 24 13/16 in. (76.5 × 63 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2017.3.2
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DescriptionThese sixteen framed prints are the complete set of Piranesi’s renowned Carceri d’Invenzione series. They are engravings on laid paper, each made of two sheets joined horizontally at the center.
Label TextGiovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720−1778 The Man on the Rack, from the series Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d'Invenzione), 1761 Etching on laid paper Man on the Rack was one of two prints Piranesi added to the series in the second edition. To the original fourteen plates he also added human figures, some undergoing punishment and torture. Museum purchase 2017.3.2
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