Title page: volume IV, 'The Antiquities of Rome by Giambatista Piranesi, Venetian Architect. Volume 4, containing the ancient bridges, the remains of theaters, of porticoes, and of other monuments of Rome' (Le antichità romane di Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano. Tomo quarto, contenente i ponti antichi, gli avanzi de' teatri, de' portici, e di altri monumenti di Roma), from the series 'Roman Antiquities' (Le Antichità Romane)

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...