Veduta degli Avanzi de' Mausolei e delle Fabbriche sepolcrali sparse per la Via Appia, cinque miglia in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1756 - c. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
596; 364
About this artwork
Gezicht op resten van verschillende mausolea en graftombes langs de Via Appia Antica. Titel en verklarende lijst met nummers in ondermarge. Genummerd linksboven: VIII. Tom. III.
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...