Plate 6: 1. Arch of Titus. 2. Villa Farnese. 3. Columns of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (the Supporter). 4. Arch of Septimus Severus. 5. Temple of Peace. (1. Arco di Tito in Roma. 2. Villa Farnese. 2. Colon.e. del Tem.o di G.ve St.re. 4. Ar.co di Set.o...), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 5 1/16 × 10 3/8 in. (12.9 × 26.3 cm) Sheet: 12 11/16 × 18 15/16 in. (32.3 × 48.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.45.3(73)
Tags
ArchesRuins
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...