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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Author Thomas De Quincy compared the disorienting and disturbing imagery of this series to his experience with opium addiction in his 1821 book Confessions of an English Opium-Eater .
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Views of Rome: Temple of Cybele
The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk (Ved
The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with 
The Piazza Navona, Rome, above the ruins of the Circus of Do
View of the Campo Vaccino (Roman Forum with the Temple of CaView of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, from
The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the capitol, with 
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Two mummies in profile o
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — Prisoners on 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Round Tow
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Arch with
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Sawhorse,
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Gothic Ar
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Pier with
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Well, fro
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Smoking F
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — The Staircase
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Francesco Piranesi — Prima Parte 
Carlo Ferrario — Design for a Stage Set of a Crypt (for the 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard — Parte di ampi