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


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


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


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


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


Carceri d'Invenzione
1749-50
Etching
Various collections


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


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


Palazzo Barberini, Rome
-
Engraving
Private collection


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


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


Self-Portrait
-
Engraving
Various collections


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


The Trevi Fountain in Rome
1773
Copper engraving
Private collection


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


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





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