Transept van de Sint-Pietersbasiliek te Vaticaanstad
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1748 - 1778
Medium
etching
Dimensions
489; 675
About this artwork
Gezicht in het transept van de Sint-Pietersbasiliek te Vaticaanstad. Centraal in het transept het Baldakijn van Bernini (Baldacchino di San Pietro) boven het graf van Petrus. Titel in vlak midden onder.
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...