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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Etching of towering vaulted arches, scaffolding, chains, and tiny figures on distant stone walkways.

The Grand Piazza

1780s

Etching of a towering vaulted interior with scaffolding, cranes, and a column of smoke rising among small figures.

The Smoking Fire

published 1800/1809

Etching of a giant wheel over stacked stone blocks and vaulted ruins, with tiny figures at the base and plants growing on top

The Giant Wheel

1780s

Etching of prisoners on a projecting platform within a vast vaulted interior with railed walkways, arches, and hanging chains

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

published 1800/1809

Etching of vast vaulted arches, staircases, ladders and tiny figures in a towering imagined prison interior.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

published 1800/1809

Etching of a vaulted stone interior with arches, a staircase, wooden scaffolding and a sawhorse, with small workmen below.

The Sawhorse

1780s

Etching of a vast vaulted interior with stone arches, staircases, railings, iron beams and tiny figures.

The Gothic Arch

published 1800/1809

Etching of a vaulted interior with tiered walkways, stairs, small figures, and a large pier holding a lamp and iron rings.

The Pier with a Lamp

1780s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palatial courtyard with arcades, columns, and a fountain with a sculpted figure.

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain

c. 1750

Etching of a ruined circular brick temple with arched openings, overgrown with trees, with small figures in the foreground.

Veduta del Tempio, detto della Tosse su la Via Tiburtina, un miglio vicino a Tivoli (View of the so-called Temple of…

1763

Etching of the San Sebastiano basilica facade in Rome with an arched portico, iron gate, and figures on the Appian Way.

Veduta della Basilica di S. Sebastiano fuori delle mura di Roma, su la Via Appia (View of the Basilica of San Sebasti…

1750

Etched title page with a broken fluted column, overgrown trees, and inscribed text announcing Piranesi's Roman antiquities vo

Title Page to Volume II of Le Antichità Romane: Le Antichità Romane di Giambatista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano Tomo…

1756

Etching of a ruined vaulted hall with arches, overgrown brick walls, and small figures among rubble.

Avanzi di una Sala appartenente al Castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli (Remains of a Room Belonging to the…

1774

Etching of a multi-story palace facade with arched windows and columns, figures in a foreground courtyard, and a cloudy sky.

Veduta sul Monte Quirinale del Palazzo dell'Eccellentissima Casa Barberini, Architectura del Cav.r Bernino (View of t…

1749

Etching of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum showing a row of massive Doric columns with small figures among ruins in the fore

Temple de Neptune à Pesto, vu de côté, et dessiné plus en grand qu'on ne le voit dans la première planche (Temple of…

1778

Etching of a ruined vaulted hall with tall brick arches, overgrown plants, and small figures among rubble, by Piranesi.

Dieta, o sia Luogo che da ingressso a diversi grandiosi Cubicoli, e ad altre magnifiche Stanze, esistente nella Villa…

1777

Etching of the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome with a columned portico, bell tower, and figures in the street.

Veduta della Basilica di S. Lorenzo fuor delle mura (View of the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori delle Mura), from Vedu…

1750

Etching of an overgrown classical temple with columns and arched ruins beside it, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748.

T[av.] 26 Tempio di Clitumno tra Fuligno e Spoletti . . . (Pl. 26 Temple of Clitumnus between Foligno and Spoleto . .…

1748

Etching of an imaginary prison interior with chains, pulleys, staircases, and massive stone piers beneath vaulted arches.

Carceri, XVI: The Pier with Chains

1761

Etching of ruined Roman brick arches and Corinthian columns of the Antoninian Conduit with small figures and clouds.

Monument of the Antoninian Conduit, under the arch of which the Via Appia passed

1756

Etching of Roman ruins and a church beside an open field with cattle, carts and figures, by Piranesi, 1774.

Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano (View of the Upper Ruins of the Baths of Diocletian [distant…

1774

Etching of the Pantheon in Rome showing its columned portico, pediment and dome, with people in the street below.

Veduta del Pantheon d'Agrippa oggi Chiesa di S. Maria ad Martyre (View of the Pantheon of Agrippa, today Santa Maria…

1761

Etching of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano with statues on its roof, carriages in the square, and seated figures in

Veduta della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano (View of the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano), from Vedute di Roma (V…

1749

Etching of the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, with ruins, overgrown trees, a city wall, and small figures at its base.

Piramide di C. Cestio (Pyramid of Gaius Cestius), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

1756

Etching of tall overgrown Roman brick ruins with arches, receding walls, trees and small figures under a cloudy sky.

Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una delle Piazze della Villa Adriana oggidi chiama…

1776

Etching of a ruined classical triumphal arch overgrown with ivy, with figures and city buildings in the foreground.

The Arch of Augustus in Rimini, from the series Alcune vedute di Archi Trionfali, ed altri monumenti

Etching of the Ripetta river port in Rome with a church, stone steps, barrels and many moored boats on the Tiber.

Veduta del Porto di Ripetta (View of the Port of Ripetta), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

1753

Etching of a Roman colonnade façade with Corinthian columns, carts, horses, and people on a street with debris in front.

Veduta della Dogana di Terra a Piazza di Pietra. Questo fu fabbricata sulle rovine del Tempio di M. Aurelio Antonino…

1753

Etching of ruined Roman dining halls with arches and overgrown walls, small figures among rubble, cypress trees, cloudy sky.

Veduta degli avanzi di due Triclini che appartenevano alla Casa aurea di Nerone . . . (View of the Ruins of Two Tricl…

1759

Etching of a ruined arched stone bridge over a river, with a round crenellated tower, rowing boats, and figures in the foregr

Veduta del Ponte Lugano su l'Anione (View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio), from Vedute di Roma

1763

Etching of a grand vaulted interior with colonnades, staircases, fountains and small figures by Piranesi.

Magnificent Architectural Space

1743

Etching of the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome with the Pantheon, an obelisk and fountain, and a busy market scene.

View of the Piazza della Rotonda, from the series Vedute di Roma

1760