Tempel van Salus bij Rome

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Art Historical Context

**Tempel van Salus Rome** is a captivating etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi created between 1748 and1778. Measuring 414 mm high by 561 mm wide, this grand print depicts the ancient Temple of Salus, the Roman goddess of health and, located just outside Rome. Piranesi, a Venetian architect and artist who made Rome his lifelong muse, masterfully captures the temple's weathered columns and arches amid lush surroundings, evoking the allure of classical ruins. Piranesi was a pioneer of *veduta*—topographical views of historic sites—infused with dramatic flair during the 18th-century Enlightenm...

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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...