Fragmenten uit de graftombe van de vrijgelatenen en slaafgemaakten van de familie van Augustus
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1756 - ca. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
50; 480; 485; 397
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
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...