Le Antichità Romane
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1756 - c. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
47; 479; 485; 396
About this artwork
Verschillende inscripties in marmer, gebeeldhouwde fragmenten en vazen uit de graftombe van de Arruntius familie. Titel en verklarende lijst met letters in ondermarge. Genummerd boven: Tom. II. / XIV.
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...