Graftombe van familie van keizer Augustus
ca. 1756 - ca. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
505; 375
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 375 mm x breedte 505 mm
Art Historical Context
**Graftombe van familie van keizer Augustus** *Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756–1757, etching, 375 × 505 mm* Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the visionary 18th-century Italian artist and architect, captures the majestic decay of ancient Rome in this striking etching from his renowned series *Le Antichità Romane di Roma* (Roman Antiquities of Rome). Created around 1756–1757, it depicts the monumental tomb of Emperor Augustus's family—likely the Mausoleum of Augustus, a massive cylindrical structure built in 28 BCE to house the remains of Rome's first emperor and his kin. Piranesi's work refl...
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...