Forum Romanum te Rome
1748 - 1778
Medium
etching
Dimensions
414; 553
About this artwork
Gezicht op het Forum Romanum te Rome. Op de voorgrond de Boog van Septimius Severus en de resten van de Tempio di Giove Statore. Op de achtergrond onder andere de Basilica van Maxentius en het Colosseum. Titel en verklarende lijst met nummers in ondermarge.
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...