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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Etching of a vaulted prison interior with a hanging chain, wooden platform, railed walkways, and a group of figures.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Engraved architectural floor plan of a symmetrical complex with a central circular hall, colonnades, courtyards and a lettere

Plan of a spacious and magnificent College designed after the ancient gymnasia of the Greeks and the baths of the Rom…

1750

Etching of an overgrown ruined tomb with garlands, carved reliefs, rococo scrollwork and cypress trees under clouds.

The Tomb of Nero, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)

ca. 1748

Etching of a huge wheel and stone blocks inside a vaulted imaginary prison, with tiny figures dwarfed by the architecture.

The Giant Wheel, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vast vaulted staircase with arches, railings, trophies and small figures in an imaginary prison interior.

The Staircase with Trophies, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Etching of the Piazza di Spagna in Rome with a fountain, carriages, pedestrians, and the Spanish Steps rising to a church.

Veduta di Piazza di Spagna (View of the Piazza di Spagna), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

1750

Etching of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome with a central obelisk, two domed churches, carriages and pedestrians.

The Piazza del Popolo (Veduta della Piazza del Popolo), from "Vedute di Roma"

ca. 1750

Engraved plate showing aqueduct masonry ruins above and a plan and elevation of a Roman city gate below.

Aquaduct Aqua Anio Vetus en stadspoort Porta Tiburtina te Rome

1756

Etching of Roman aqueduct walls and arched gateway above, with sectional views of buttresses and a terracotta pipe below.

Aureliaanse Muur met aquaducten en Muro Torto te Rome

1756

Etching of seven ruined Corinthian columns and below it the Pantheon portico with figures in front, Rome, by Piranesi.

Zuilen van de Tempel van Juturna en het Pantheon te Rome

1756

Etching of a tall column in a Roman square with a fountain, above a colonnaded building facade on a second plate.

Zuil van Marcus Aurelius en restanten van de Tempel van Hadrianus te Rome

1756

Two etched architectural views of the Pantheon in Rome, showing a columned portico and the rotunda with its coffered dome.

Voorportaal en interieur van het Pantheon te Rome

1756

Etching of Roman ruins: a hillside wall with arches and figures above, and a vaulted, partly collapsed structure below.

Muur bij het Quirinaal en restanten van een nymphaeum te Rome

1756

Two etched plates of Roman aqueduct ruins: overgrown brick channel above and a stone arched gateway with figures below.

Restanten van de aquaducten Aqua Alsietina en Aqua Vergine te Rome

1756

Etching of Roman aqueduct ruins and the Porta Maggiore with arched structures, figures, and a small plan inset.

Restanten van de Aqua Claudia en Aqua Anio Novus en de Porta Maggiore te Rome

1756

Engraving of two Roman ruins: a crumbling temple wall above and an uncovered tomb chamber with arched niches below.

Restanten van een tempel en graftombe bij Vigna Casali

1756

Etching of Roman aqueduct ruins above and a cutaway view of cistern vaults with lettered keys below, on a cream sheet.

Aqua Antoniniana en waterwegen van de Thermen van Caracalla te Rome

1756

Etching of Roman ruins above and the Ponte Rotto bridge with stone arches over a river below, by Piranesi.

Restanten van de Porticus Aemilia en gezicht op de Ponte Rotto te Rome

1756

Etching of ruined Corinthian columns of a temple above a brick wall with an arched sewer outlet, by Piranesi.

Restanten van een tempel en uitmonding van de Cloaca Maxima te Rome

1756

Etched sheet with two Roman architectural views: a ruined building with arched windows above, and a large arch with figures b

Casa dei Crescenzi en Boog van Janus te Rome

1756

Etching of Roman aqueduct ruins with arches, overgrown vegetation and small figures, by Piranesi.

Ruïnes en de Aqua Claudia te Rome

1756

Etching of two views of ruined Roman arches and walls with trees and small figures, by Piranesi, 1756.

Muren rondom de Coelius en restanten van de Arcus Neroniani te Rome

1756

Etching of towering stone arches framing a distant piazza with a column, hanging ropes, and small figures on balconies.

The Grand Piazza, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Etching of vast vaulted prison arches and staircases with smoke rising in the center and small figures below.

The Smoking Fire, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with arches, a staircase, a sawhorse, ladders and small workmen.

The Sawhorse, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vast vaulted prison with hanging chains, stairs and an inscribed title tablet reading Invenzioni di Carceri.

Title Page, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Etching of a towering imaginary prison interior with stone arches, staircases, railed bridges and tiny figures in deep shadow

The Gothic Arch, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with arches, staircases, hanging lanterns and two small figures beside a chain.

The Pier with Chains, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

ca. 1749-50

Engraved view of a Roman palazzo facade with arched windows and sculpted pediment, with pedestrians on a street below.

Veduta del Palazzo fabbricato sul Quirinale per le Segreterie de Brevi et della Sacra Consulta (View of the Palazzo B…

1729

Etching of ruined arched substructures of Maecenas's villa at Tivoli, with overgrown trees and a small walking figure below.

Avanzi della Villa di Mecenate a Tivoli . . . (Remains of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli . . . ), from Vedute di Rom…

1763

Engraving of ancient bronze lamps on chains beside a large urn decorated with cameo medallions of heads and masks.

Various Lamps and a vase encusted with cameos, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamen…

ca. 1778

Etching of massive ancient Roman stone walls and arcade beside a church tower, with figures and horsemen in a street.

Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva, l'arcade et la muraille (The Forum of Augustus [erroneously called the Forum o…

1757