Lateraanse Obelisk te Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1748 - 1778
Medium
etching
Dimensions
545; 405
About this artwork
height 545 mm x width 405 mm
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...