Sarcofaag van keizer Severus Alexander en zijn moeder Julia Avita Mamaea
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1756 - c. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
515; 391
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 391 mm x breedte 515 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...