Graftombe aan de Via Cassia
c. 1756 - c. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
403; 609
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 609 mm x breedte 403 mm
Art Historical Context
**Graftombe aan Via Cassia** Battista Piranesi, c 1756–1757 Etching, 609 × 403 mm Step into the shadowy grandeur of ancient Rome with Giovanni Battista Piranesi masterful etching *Graftombe aan de Cassia*, depicting a monumental tomb along the historic Via Cassia, an road stretching north from the Eternal City. Created around 1756–1757, this work captures the weathered majesty of Roman funerary architecture, evoking passage of time amid overgrown ruins and dramatic skies. Piranesi, a Venetian-born artist and architect (1720–1778), was a leading figure in the veduta tradition—topographi...
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...