PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista
Italian printmaker (b. 1720, Mestre, d. 1778, Roma)
Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Carceri d'Invenzione
1749-50
Engraving
Various collections

443*600
Grayscale
121 Kb



Prisoners on a Projecting Platform
1749-60
Etching and engraving (first state of two)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

930*720
Grayscale
171 Kb



The Prisons (plate IV)
c. 1760
Etching, 54,5 x 41,5 cm
Various collections

731*957
Grayscale
144 Kb



The Prisons (plate VII)
c. 1760
Etching, 545 x 415 mm
Various collections

700*912
Grayscale
147 Kb



Round Tower
1749-50
Etching, 1st state of 6, 556 x 418 mm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

732*959
True Color
222 Kb



Carceri d'Invenzione
1749-50
Etching
Various collections

668*900
Grayscale
240 Kb



Diverse Maniere d'adornare i Cammini
1769
Etching, 210 x 270 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1100*830
True Color
232 Kb



Frontispiece
1756
Etching, 400 x 600 mm
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

1200*757
True Color
236 Kb



Palazzo Barberini, Rome
-
Engraving
Private collection

1100*700
True Color
158 Kb



The Tomb of the Istacidi, Pompeii
c. 1777
Pencil, reed pen, black ink, 805 x 1123 mm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

1200*1059
True Color
201 Kb



View of the Nave, San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome
-
Etching
Private collection

1139*750
True Color
168 Kb



Self-Portrait
-
Engraving
Various collections

480*600
Grayscale
150 Kb



Ruins of the Antonine Baths
c. 1766
Etching, 442 x 688 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1200*778
True Color
281 Kb



Ruins of the Temple of Minerva
1770
Etching, 474 x 707 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1200*811
True Color
260 Kb



View of St Peter's Square
1775
Etching, 467 x 700 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1200*807
True Color
259 Kb



View of the Lateran Basilica
1775
Etching, 489 x 708 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1200*833
True Color
231 Kb



View of the Piazza di Spagna
1750-51
Etching, 405 x 598 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1200*815
True Color
236 Kb



View of the Temple of Concord
1750-51
Etching, 467 x 700 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

1200*804
True Color
256 Kb



Porto di Ripetta
1753
Etching, 542 x 789 mm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1150*779
True Color
241 Kb



The Ponte Solario
1756-57
Etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington

1229*800
True Color
151 Kb



The Trevi Fountain in Rome
1773
Copper engraving
Private collection

1134*730
Grayscale
170 Kb



Exterior view
1764-68
Photo
Santa Maria del Priorato, Rome

1019*1200
True Color
219 Kb



Interior view
1764-68
Photo
Santa Maria del Priorato, Rome

1000*1345
True Color
247 Kb