Camera sepolcrale inventata e disegnata conforme al costume, e all'antica magnificenza degl'Imperatori Romani... (Imaginary sepulcral chamber designed according to the fashion and ancient magnficence of the Roman Emperors...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 15 13/16 x 10 15/16 in. (40.2 x 27.8 cm) Sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (49.5 x 34 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.45.3(9)
Tags
RuinsSkullsSphinx
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...