Tripod of altaar
Medium
etching
Dimensions
672; 422
About this artwork
Een gedecoreerd marmeren altaar of een tripod, gevonden te Ostia. Links en rechts tekst. Opdracht in ondermarge. Genummerd rechtsboven: 63.
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...