Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero
Medium
pen and gray-brown ink over red chalk, tip of the brush with gray ink, gray wash
Dimensions
overall: 49.1 × 38.9 cm (19 5/16 × 15 5/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Philip Hofer in memory of his mother, Mrs. Jane Arms Hofer
Accession Number
1979.6.1
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...