# Roman Prison

- By: French 18th Century
- By: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Venetian, 1720 - 1778)
- Date: second half 18th century
- Medium: pen and black ink with brown and gray wash heightened with white gouache over traces of graphite on laid paper
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 21.3 x 15.5 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: Gift of Gertrude Laughlin Chanler
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.111605.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/be30f872-1707-4766-bde9-c484753968df/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)