Opere Varie di Architetura; Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto Il Guercino
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1750-1764
Medium
Book of 122 etchings on paper
Dimensions
Closed: 59.3 × 45 × 7.5 cm (23 3/8 × 17 3/4 × 3 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
31090
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...