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Pen and ink drawing of a country landscape with a thatched cottage, a leafless tree, a dirt path, and cattle under a cloudy s

Country Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of a ruined domed Roman interior with an oculus, brick arches, and small figures among fallen column fragments.

Interior view of the so-called Tempio della Tosse [Temple of the Cough], from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764

Pen and ink sketch of a large tree by a river with figures fishing from boats and a rowboat on the shore.

Fishing Spot

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1839

Pen and ink drawing of a rocky mountain pass with a group of small figures, apparently troops, gathered at the base of the cl

Troops in the Pass

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of Villa d'Este gardens at Tivoli with terraced fountains, statues, cypress trees and a palace on the hill.

View of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1773, published 1800-07

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a town on a hill, robed figures walking, and many small inverted figure studies.

Sheet of Sketches: The Life of Christ

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of the circular Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli with Corinthian columns, ruins, overgrown trees and small figures.

View of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a vaulted ruined interior with receding arches, small figures, and a distant classical building glimpsed through t

Interior view of the villa of Maecenas, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764, published 1800-07

Pen and ink drawing of a Gothic church tower and gabled houses along a canal, with rowboats in the foreground.

Maritime Village

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of a large waterfall cascading over rocks, with figures in the foreground and a hilltop town behind.

View of the Grand Cascade at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1765

Pen and ink sketch of a riverside town with an arched bridge below steep, hatched mountain cliffs on tan paper.

The Great Bridges

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of the Arch of Titus in Rome with its Latin inscription, ruins, small figures in the street and a villa at left.

View of the Arch of Titus, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1771

Etching of the ruined Canopus temple at Hadrian's Villa, with a collapsed vaulted ceiling, arched niches and small figures.

Remains of the temple of the god Canopus at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768

Pen and ink sketch of a harbor shore with a sailing ship, gabled houses, a church tower, and a standing figure.

The Shore

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of ruined Roman baths with arched brick walls, fallen stones, shrubs, and small figures under a hazy distant landscap

Ruins of the Antonine Baths [Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1765, published 1800-07

Pen and ink drawing of armed smugglers with bundles among rocky cliffs, signed Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858.

The Smugglers

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Etching of a steel works with smokestacks, smoke clouds and railway tracks receding toward a distant locomotive.

In the Works, Homestead

Joseph Pennell, 1908

Etching of the Pantheon in Rome showing a columned portico, triangular pediment, and large dome with figures in the square.

View of the Pantheon of Agrippa, today S. Maria ad Martyres, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Pen and ink drawing of a narrow rocky gorge with steep cliffs on both sides and a rough path below.

Steam in a Gorge

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Etching of a ruined circular brick temple with arched openings, overgrown with plants, with small figures on a path.

View of the So-Called Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough) on the Via Tiburtina a mile from Tivoli, from Views of…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1763

Etching of the nave of St. Peter's Basilica with coffered vaults, towering piers, and small figures, leading to the high alta

Interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Etching of ruined Doric columns and entablatures of a temple interior, with a shepherd and cattle among fallen stones in the

View of the Remains of the Cella of the Temple of Neptune, from Different views of Paestum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of Doric temple ruins at Paestum with fluted columns, overgrown walls, and goats and figures in the foreground.

Rear view of the remains of the pronaos of the Temple of Neptune, drawn in the two preceding plates, from Different v…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of ruined Doric colonnades of a temple with overgrown columns and small figures walking among them under a cloudy sky

View of the Remains of the Two Rows of Columns in the Temple of Neptune which [originally] formed the colonnades alon…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of Doric column ruins of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, with an ox, a donkey and figures in the foreground.

Interior view of the remains of one of the pronaoi of the Temple of Neptune which faces inland, from Different views…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of ruined Doric columns and fallen stonework at Paestum, with two cattle and a standing man in the foreground.

Interior view of the so-called College des Anfictions, from Different views of Paestum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of a ruined Doric temple colonnade with fluted columns, seated figures, grazing cattle, and distant mountains.

Interior View of the Temple Which is Believed to Have Been Dedicated to Juno, from Different views of Paestum

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of the Ponte Molle over the Tiber with large stone arches, a statue on the parapet, and boats and figures on the rive

View of the Ponte Molle [or Milvian Bridge] over the Tiber two miles outside Rome, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762

Etching of the Ponte Salario, a stone bridge with a brick tower over a river, with small boats and figures below.

View of the Ponte Salario, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of a ruined brick temple with Corinthian columns and a pediment, overgrown with ivy, with figures among stone rubble.

View of the Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles distant from Rome, beyond the Porta S. Sebastia…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59