Arco di Tito
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13 x 26.5 cm (5 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.) overall: 37 x 52.9 cm (14 9/16 x 20 13/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Edward E. MacCrone Fund and the Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund
Accession Number
2002.66.1.6
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...