Afvoerkanaal van Meer van Albano
Medium
etching
Dimensions
411; 560
About this artwork
Gezicht op de resten van het afvoerkanaal van het Meer van Albano. Verschillende vissende figuren tussen de resten. Titel rechtsonder. Genummerd rechtsboven: Tav. VI.
Art Historical Context
**Afvoerkanaal van Meer van Albano (Drainage Channel of Lake Albano)** *Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762, Etching, 411 × 560 mm* Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the masterful 18th-century Italian artist and architect, captures the haunting beauty of ancient Roman engineering in this evocative etching, Plate VI from a series documenting classical ruins. The composition centers on the weathered remains of the emissarium—a monumental drainage channel from Lake Albano, near Rome—where figures fish leisurely amid the crumbling stone arches. Piranesi's intricate lines draw the viewer into a romantici...
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) was an Italian printmaker, architect, and antiquarian whose visionary etchings of Rome and imaginary prisons revolutionized architectural representation and profoundly influenced both Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Piranesi stands as one of the most important printmakers of the eighteenth century, fundamentally shaping European perceptions of ancient Rome an...