Veduta della facciata di dietro della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1701 to 1725
Medium
engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 52.8 × 75.4 cm (20 13/16 × 29 11/16 in.) plate: 40 × 61 cm (15 3/4 × 24 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ted Cooper
Accession Number
2012.95.1
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...