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Drawing of a vaulted stone prison interior with a raised platform, chains, urns, small robed figures, and a tall column in gray wash.

Stage Design, Prison Interior with the Death of Socrates

A stone prison interior seen in strong perspective, with massive barrel vaults receding across the upper half. Below, a raised stone platform edged with chains and urns is surrounded by small robed figures, while a seated figure rests at lower right beside a tall column, drawn in pen, brown ink and gray wash.

Artist
Antonio Giuseppe Basoli
Date
early 19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and black wash on off-white laid paper, partially laid down on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 2735 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1834).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Diseño escénico, interior de prisión con la muerte de Sócrates

Interior de una prisión de piedra visto en fuerte perspectiva, con bóvedas de cañón macizas que se alejan por la mitad superior. Abajo, una plataforma elevada bordeada de cadenas y urnas está rodeada de pequeñas figuras con túnicas, mientras una figura sentada descansa en la parte inferior derecha junto a una columna alta, dibujada a pluma, tinta parda y aguada gris.

Português: Cenário teatral, interior de prisão com a morte de Sócrates

Interior de uma prisão de pedra visto em forte perspectiva, com abóbadas de berço maciças recuando pela metade superior. Embaixo, uma plataforma elevada, ladeada por correntes e urnas, está cercada de pequenas figuras com mantos, enquanto uma figura sentada repousa no canto inferior direito, ao lado de uma coluna alta, desenhada em pena, tinta marrom e aguada cinza.

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