Castle interior with arches, stairs, catwalks, two dwarved figures conversing on stairs. The conversation, and the unusual foregrounding of the human characters in this plate, give it a theatricality one does well to keep in mind when considering other images.
Source:
Gio. Batista Piranesi. Opere Varie di Architettura Prospettive Grotteschi Antichita Sul Gusto Degli Antichi Romani. n.c.: n.p., 1750.