Grand'Urna di marmo, creduta di Alessandro Severo, e di Giulia Mamea sua madre
ca. 1756 - ca. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
558; 456
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
De gedecoreerde sarcofaag (op prent urn genoemd) van keizer Severus Alexander en zijn moeder Julia Avita Mamaea. Tekst in een vlak linksboven. Titel en tekst in ondermarge. Genummerd rechtsboven: Tom. II. XXXIII.
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...