Detail voorzijde van Porticus van Octavius te Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1756 - ca. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
399; 598
About this artwork
Detail van de voorzijde van de Porticus van Octavius, een binnentuin omgeven door zuilengalerijen, te Rome. Titel en verklarende lijst met letters in ondermarge. Genummerd boven: Tom. IV. / XLII.
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...