The "Well," for Violators of State Law

Giovanni De Pian, after Francesco Galimberti

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of an interior scene in a prison cell. The cell is dimly lit, with a person lying on the ground, partially propped up on a bed of straw. Another figure crouches nearby, holding a long stick from which smoke rises. The interior is confined and dark, with stone walls and a wooden staircase visible in the background.