Imaginary Prisons Artworks

A collection of intricate etchings depicting dark, grand architectural spaces with staircases, arches, and haunting figures, evoking feelings of confinement and mystery.

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri d'Invenzione), Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778)

Lazio Viterbo Bagnaia Villa Lante69. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Rocaille fountain; Livre d'Orgenens; Oeuvre de Juste Aurele Meissonnier. A fountain with a shell pattern surrounded by Rocaille elements and architecture. On the right is a man with a staff. Print number 21.

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Val van Antochië, Paul Jonnard, After Gustave Doré, 1874 - in Or after 1877 print Print on unadulterated leaf with RP-P-OB-33.983. Paris paper letterpress printing massacre ~ war Antioch

Interior van de Grot van Santa Rosalia; Interior of the Grotto of St. Rosalie; Travel to Italy, Sicily and Malta - 1778. TEKENING UIT HET ALBUM 'TRAVEL IN Italy, Sicily and Malta', 1778.

Stage Setting, People Rushing into Crypt, Pen and bistre ink, brush and green wash on green paper, Horizontal rectangle. Slight indication of vaults in interior space. Fire burning at center, several figures rushing in from left with lit torches. Skeleton in the foreground at right, possibly representing Death. Verso: Skull and skeleton., Italy, ca. 1775, theater, Drawing, Drawing

Mbure-ni-sa, Fiji islands. Melanesia, Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Voyage to the Great Viti, great equinoctial ocean by John Denis Macdonald 1855. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

The House with the Inscription, from Vedute. Canaletto; Italian, 1697-1768. Date: 1735-1744. Dimensions: 296 x 214 mm (image); 301 x 216 mm (plate); 432 x 586 mm (sheet). Etching in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Court of the Bargello, Florence, Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1809-1873, British, 1839, Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 12 5/16 x 9 1/8in. (31.3 x 23.2cm) and Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 1/8 inches (31.1 × 23.2 cm), architectural subject, beggar, courtyard, palace, woman, Bargello Palace, Florence, Italy, Toscana

Amsterdam, Groenewoud, J., Johnston, W., Netherlands, Dedicated to the memory of HRH Madam Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Dowager Duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg, born Princess of Orange Nassau, Allegory of the death of Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, 1819, verso - stamped, Allegory of the death of Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Princess of Orange-Nassau, widow of Duke Karl George August of Brunswick, on 15 October 1819. Wooded landscape with weeping willows by a pond where the tomb of the princess is located. On the grave an oval portrait of the princess and an allegorical statue of a reclining woman., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 580 mm, width 428 mm, 1800 - 1900, print maker, printmaker, 1819 - 1819, paper, aquatint, etching, etchings, stippelets, engraving, engraving (printing process), color printing, Work conception, after own design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, publisher

Woodcut by Hans Burgkmair d. Ä. from 1514-1516 depicting Emperor Maximilian I learning skills in the secretarial office, illustrating early administrative training and court practices.

Twelve Etchings (Douze eaux-fortes). Artist: André Devambez (French, Paris 1867-1944 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 18 7/8 in. (36.5 × 48 cm)Image: 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (26 × 35 cm). Date: 1915.Devambez's portfolio shows the horrors of war as experienced by soldiers on the front and civilians in occupied areas. The Crazed One, for instance, shows a man gone mad, waving his hands while running through the remnants of a bombed-out town. Devambez often used an elevated vantage point to convey the large number of troops and structures required by the war, the seeming insignificance of each solider, and the vast amount of destruction unleashed. People are shown huddling in the rain, hiding in trenches,shivering in the cold, and dodging shellfire. Women, the elderly, and children are taken hostage, used as human shields, and deprived of food and coal. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Woman behind the shore of a besieged city (Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer), Reinier Craeyvanger, 1822 - 1880 drawing paper. pencil brush historical persons Haarlem

Paris - Fun of Sadi Carnot Funeral of Sadi Carnot in Notre-Dame, 1894 . Drawing by Edmond Allouard (1801-1866).

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903), The Beggars, 1879-1880, etching

Street of singers, between the platform with flowers and the street Canoiese Auguste S�bastien B�nard (1810-1873). Street of singers, between the quay with flowers and the street Casoiense. Lavis de Color, 1837.

Copper bearing at work in his workshop, Henri de Braekeleer, 1861 print Antwerp paper etching / letterpress printing .

Prisons of invention, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), engraving.

The flaming forge, Ajaccio , Doors & doorways, Forge shops, Forging, Fire. James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs

Crypt with a Baroque altar. Noakowski, Stanisław (1867-1928), draughtsman, cartoonist

The round tower eclate to discover the statue of the King of the Romans Claude Gell�e (said Lorraine, around 1600-1682). "The exploded round tower to discover the statue of the King of the Romans", 1637. Fort. Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Paris, small palace.

Harfleur. David Young Cameron; Scottish, 1865-1945. Date: 1903. Dimensions: 307 x 194 mm (image/plate); 380 x 241 mm (sheet). Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper. Origin: Scotland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

SERT , JOSE MARIA. PINTOR ESPAÑOL. BARCELONA 1874 - 1945. " EVOCACION DE TOLEDO " , OLEO SOBRE TABLA, 1922. PALACIO DE ELCHINGEN TOLEDO PINTADO.

Part of the Spanjaardshol on the Vreeburg in Utrecht. Draughtsman: Hendrik Willem Cramer. Dating: 1828. Measurements: h 205 mm × w 266 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Dining room of the inn in Barletta, 1778 drawing Drawing from the album 'Voyage and Italy, and Sicile et à Malte', 1778. paper. watercolor (paint) brush

Large Ruined Portico or Corridor (recto); Sketches of a Draped Figure and Architecture (verso) 1595-1605 Flanders. Brush and black ink, with black wash (recto), and red and black chalk (verso), on pieced cream laid paper . School of Paul Bril

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720 - 1778), The Pier with a Lamp, published 1749-1750, etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, and burnishing

The New Gun-Pit. Dated: 1916. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Pennell.

Tourneur de caliouns; Cuisine de bazar. Boutiques du bazar.. Flandin, Eugène (1809-1876). Prints. 1851 - 1854. General Research Division. Iran, Iran , Antiquities

Drawing, Ruin Fantasy; Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (French, 1715-1759); France; brush and black, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid paper; Overall sheet size with additions: 34.9 x 23.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.) Mat: 55.9 x 40.6 cm (22 x 16 in.) Original Sheet size: 26.8 x 21.4 cm (10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Spain. Burgos Cathedral. Inside view. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VIII. 1856.

Cappriccio with draftsman, Gabriel Pierre Martin Dumont, c. 1750 print paper etching landscape with ruins. draughtsman at work - CC - out of doors. draughtsman studying classical remains - CC - out of doors

At the Bottom of Gatun Lock. Dated: 1912. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Pennell.

Fantastic Townscape with Ruins. Dated: before 1753. Dimensions: plate: 16.4 x 18.2 cm (6 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 24.1 x 34 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.). Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giuseppe Antonio Landi.

John Varley, 1778-1842, British, A Romantic Landscape, undated. Watercolor, brown wash and graphite; verso: watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Factory study: Furnace for smeltingiron, Gouache, Tan wove, 25.4 × 18 cm (10 × 7 1/16in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Henri-Martin vos. Interior view of the Opéra-Comique, from the scene, after the fire of May 15, 1887, place Boieldieu, Paris (2nd arr.). Oil on canvas. 1887-1887. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 76097-13

Schouw with Ketels, Paul Bodifée, 1876 - 1931 drawing paper. chalk kitchen

Scene from ancient Egypt by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Oil on wood, 1872, 1836-1912, Holland, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 75x99

Laying the Floor of Pedro Miguel Lock, Print made by Joseph Pennell, 1860-1926, American, 1912, Lithograph on medium, cream, slightly textured laid paper, Sheet: 25 1/8 x 19 inches (63.8 x 48.3 cm), architectural subject, engineering, floor, genre subject, lock, Panama Canal, Panamá

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720-1778). Italy, 1749-50. Prints; engravings. Etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing, scratching; first editions

The Child in the Courtyard 1520-1530 France. Jean de Gourmont I was born in Carquebut, in the Manche region, into a family of artists that included painters, engravers, printers, and producers of books. It is believed that he was also trained as a goldsmith and woodcutter, but he eventually abandoned these trades in favor of painting and engraving.. Engraving on ivory laid paper (darkened to tan) . Jean de Gourmont

Le Bon Samaritain; Bisson Frères (French, active 1840 - 1864); Paris, France; 1858; Salted paper print; 27 x 22.6 cm (10 5,8 x 8 7,8 in.)

Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751-1812, British, Ruined Archway with a Line of Washing, possibly in Rome, after 1771. Watercolor, graphite, and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Early Christian (Coptic) Monastery at Esna Edwin Howland Blashfield (American, 1848-1936). Early Christian (Coptic) Monastery at Esna, March 1, 1887. Graphite on cream, medium-weight, smooth wove paper, Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (21 x 27.3 cm). Made during a trip down the Nile, these two precise drawings by Edwin Howland Blashfield depict architectural landmarks of Egypt. In his image of the twelfth-century Coptic monastery Deir el-Shuhada, the artist juxtaposed linear hatch marks with dark shading to capture the play of light amid the transept arches. He also included a careful study of a mural painting of Saint Stephen, as well as color and light notations. (This drawing helped archaeologists in the 1960s discover the mural, which had been covered with whitewash in the intervening years.) In Temple of Khonsu at Karnak, Blashfield recorded the famous ancient forest” of colossal columns, focusing primarily on their regularized geometric arrangement rather than their decorative hierog

Grafs cellar of Rubens with two skeletons in an open box, Henri François Schaefels, 1874 print The front skeleton is Helena Fourment; The rear skeleton is Peter Paul Rubens. The closed box on the right is from an unknown Parisian woman. Brussels paper. ETCHING / ROUCH grave, tomb. (human) skeleton. candle

We found in this terrible stay ... a skeleton reverses We found in this terrible stay ... a skeleton reversed ". Color Aquatint.

Jean Laurent Legeay, Vase Supported by a Base with Three Grotesque Faces, 1768 Vase Supported by a Base with Three Grotesque Faces

Joseph Pennell, Old Million Eyes, American, 1857-1926, 1910, lithograph

Trichinopoly Horse Court, 1850s-1870s. Francis Frith & Co. (British). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 20.2 x 15.2 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.); mounted: 35.7 x 26.6 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.).

This stuck is Binne de Kercke van den Dom daer a. On standing is the pilaer who is Omghedraeit. Anno 1674 The 22 Julius old style was a part of the Domskercke knocked over this letter a. On Steisis de Pilaer who is overrayed and this stuck binne de kercke in Augusto daeraen next of Herman Saftleven Ao 1674 out 65 Jaer

Susa Arch. Louis Pierre Baltard (French, 1764-1846); printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 249 × 229 mm (image); 356 × 265 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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Arcade de l'Ecce Homo. Ponce Pilate présente Jésus au Peuple. Artist: Louis de Clercq (French, 1837-1901). Dimensions: Image: 10 13/16 × 8 3/16 in. (27.4 × 20.8 cm)Mount: 17 15/16 × 23 1/4 in. (45.5 × 59 cm). Lithographer: H. Jannin (French). Printer: J. Blondeau et Antonin. Date: 1860 or later. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

DECOR project for the Thousand and One Nights, Adolphe Fery of Ennery and Paul Ferrier, CREE 14 December 1881, at theate of chatelet Philippe Chaperon (1823-1907). Decor project for the Thousand and One Nights, Fairy of Adolphe of Ennery and Paul Ferrier, created on December 14, 1881, at the Chatelet Theater. Gouache.

The Hague, Hartogensis, Joseph, View of Berchtesgaden, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 63 mm, width 69 mm, Dutch, 1822-05-07 - 1865-07-16, print maker, printmaker, 1856 - 1856, paper, papier, chine collé, etching

Design of arches prints, wood engravings, works on paper

The Smithy 1880 United States. Etching and drypoint with foul biting in black ink on cream laid paper . James McNeill Whistler

Stage Design, Crypt with Sarcophagus, Pen and sepia in, brush and wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Crypt with sarcophagus made of glass, corpse within, three figures guarding or visiting., Italy, early 19th century, theater, Drawing, Drawing

Il Dono. Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden (German, 1856 - 1931)

Caves of Ajunta. John Edward Saché, photographer (Prussian or British, born Prussia, 1824 - 1882) about 1869 Detail view of carved fluted columns in Ajanta Caves. The architrave above the columns are carved with several figures. (Recto, print) lower left, in brown ink: "44"; Lower center, inscribed in the negative: "470"; (Recto, mount) lower center, in brown ink: "Caves of Ajunta."; (Verso, mount) lower left, in pencil: "A48.113";

'Coutances', 1896, (1897). Artist: Charles John Watson.

Planing Big Shells. Dated: 1916. Medium: lithograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joseph Pennell.

Stone Doorway, Carved. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 26.6 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hal Blakeley.

Children's Swimming Pool. Leon Kossoff (b. 1926). Oil on board. Painted circa 1967. 35.5 x 30.5cm. The subject of this painting is based on the Children's Swimming Baths in Kilburn.

Interior of the Dom in Trier, Johannes Bosboom, 1870 - 1880 painting Interior of the Domkerk in Trier. Face in a side aisle with some figures. panel. oil paint (paint) interior of church Trier. Trier

Brochure with program for the L'Oeuvre theater with two sailors on sailing ship on front, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1895 print Brochure with program for the L'Oeuvre theater. On the folding magazine are illustrations by various artists, the lithography on the front is made by Toulouse-Lautrec. Two sailors are on the deck of a sailing ship with their gaze on the sea facing them. On the inside of the brochure, the organization of the L'Oeuvre theater presents itself in three languages. paper sailor. sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Josep Mestres Cabanes / Boceto para la ópera 'Aida', 1937. Museu Comarcal de Manresa.

Interior of a Chapel with Altar. Artist: John Gregory Crace (British, London 1809-1889 Dulwich) , and Son; John Dibblee Crace (British, London 1838-1919 London). Dimensions: sheet: 12 7/16 x 15 1/8 in. (31.6 x 38.4 cm)image: 9 3/4 x 12 in. (24.7 x 30.5 cm). Date: 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Le Palais des Arts Liberaux, Intèrieur, 1889. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849-1918). Wood engraving;

EL PALACIO DE LOS VIRREYES - BIOMBO MEXICANO - SIGLO XVII - DETALLE DEL PALACIO - Conjunto nº 87022. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849 - 1903), American artist and Orientalist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Jean-Leon Gerome, at Paris. He made many voyages to the East, and was distinguished as a painter of oriental scenes. Weeks' parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston and as such they were able to accept, probably encourage, and certainly finance their son's youthful interest in painting and travelling. As a young man Edwin Lord Weeks visited the Florida Keys to draw and also travelled to Surinam in South America. His earliest known paintings date from 1867 when Edwin Lord Weeks was eighteen years old. In 1895 he wrote and illustrated a book of travels, From the Black Sea through Persia and India.

Jerusalem XIV (Jerusalem) Elizabeth Barakah Hodges (21st C. American) Mixed media

CASTILLO DE MONTANCHEZ (CACERES) - S XX. Author: LEZCANO CARLOS. Location: MUSEO REINA SOFIA-PINTURA, MADRID, SPAIN.

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