Collection Online

Browse by artist name

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
The lion bas-reliefs

The lion bas-reliefs
 (early 1760s-c. 1835)
plate V from the Carceri d'Invenzioni (Imaginary prisons) series (1761- late 1770s), 2nd edition published by G. B. Piranesi, Rome

Medium
etching and engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
56.5 × 41.3 cm (plate) 79.5 × 56.4 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Robison 44 ii/iii
Edition
2nd issue through to early printing of 5th edition
Inscription
inscribed in plate l.r.: Piranesi F.
Accession Number
1150.5-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

Related

Series

Imaginary prisons

Part of series

Title plate

Part of series

The man on the rack

Part of series

The round tower

Part of series

The grand piazza

Part of series

The smoking fire

Part of series

The drawbridge

Part of series

The staircase with trophies

Part of series

The giant wheel

Part of series

Prisoners on a projecting platform

Part of series

The arch with a shell ornament

Part of series

The sawhorse

Part of series

The well

Part of series

The gothic arch

Part of series

The pier with a lamp

Part of series

The pier with chains

Discover more

Essay
Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s View of Piazza di Monte Cavallo
Essay
The well
Essay
Index 1945–2010
Exhibition
Imaginary Prisons

Explore the collection

The Crossing of the Red Sea Nicolas POUSSIN Cabinet W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator) The Virgin and Child FLANDERS Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera) Francesco GUARDI Painting, 202 x 143, 6 November 1967 Pierre SOULAGES Untitled Hans Rudolph MANUEL Untitled W HAVELL Adoration of the Magi UNKNOWN; Fredericus ZUCCHERPO (after) Head of Queen Nefertiti, from sculpture flanking Boundary Stela Q EGYPT, el-Amarna Untitled UNKNOWN Pair of glass coolers SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer) Untitled UNKNOWN Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night J. M. W. TURNER An aged woman looking out of a window Johannes Christianus JANSON La Ramassel . UNKNOWN Head of a cow Simon Andreas KRAUSS Chair Carlo BUGATTI Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends Jacopo AMIGONI Pickaback UNKNOWN; Joshua REYNOLDS (after) Chacmool Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico The Shepherd UNKNOWN; TITIAN (after) Throne Carlo BUGATTI Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO Sol Crispijn de PASSE the elder Sunset in Scotland Martin HARDIE Per polidorum dilucide et... UNKNOWN The Annunciation UNKNOWN; TITIAN (after) Pavia Wenceslaus HOLLAR Venus Crispijn de PASSE the elder Great dancing pair Erich HECKEL