Ancient school built according to the Egyptian and Greek manners (Scuola antica architettata all'Egiziana e alla Greca)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 6 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (15.4 × 21.7 cm) Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 5/16 in. (17.4 × 23.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1799
Tags
ArchitectureSchoolsMen
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...