# The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons, in Rococo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi made this in 1761, aged 41. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> Vast stairways, arches and bridges recede into the gloom of an imaginary prison, while in the foreground stand massive relief panels carved with lions.

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## The work

- Date: 1761
- Medium: Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper
- Dimensions: Image: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Plate: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 78.9 × 58.5 cm (31 1/8 × 23 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.5595
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Giovanni Battista Piranesi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/giovanni-battista-piranesi), Italian, 1720–1778

Piranesi trained in Venice as an architect and stage designer before moving to Rome in 1740, where he spent the rest of his life.

4 works in the collection.

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