# Exterior view

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SPEETH, Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/speeth-peter-r98ee5ab3bb2376>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Photo

## Commentary

Peter Speeth designed the prison in Würzburg below the castle on the principle of &#34;speaking&#34; architecture: it is a three-story cubic block with a heavily rusticated plinth. The door, set in a semi-circular arch, tapers towards the ground, producing an oppressive feeling on entering. The ten columns over the doorway are popularly said in Würzburg to represents the Ten Commandments.

## Related artworks

- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/speeth-peter-r98ee5ab3bb2376/exterior-view-r3f5cf338206948>)
- [Exteror view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/speeth-peter-r98ee5ab3bb2376/exteror-view-r202836900e42fd>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)