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Portrait of G.B. Piranesi in imitation of an antique bust, from "Opere varie di Architettura, prospetive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities, designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)
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Portrait of G.B. Piranesi in imitation of an antique bust, from "Opere varie di Architettura, prospetive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities, designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Francesco Polanzani | Giovanni Bouchard

1750

Medium

Engraving

Tags

MenPortraits

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 13/16 x 18 7/8 in. (32.5 x 48 cm) Plate: 5 1/4 x 10 5/8 in. (13.3 x 27 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1720–1778 • Republic of Venice

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.

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