Veduta di un Sepolcro antico esistente in una Vigna per la strada di Tivoli
c. 1756 - c. 1757
Medium
etching
Dimensions
400; 602
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Art Historical Context
Giovanni Battista Piranesi's *Veduta di un Sepolcro antico esistente in Vigna per la strada di Tivoli* (c. 1756–1757) captures the romantic allure of ancient Roman ruins nestled in the Italian countryside. This large etching (602 × 400 mm) depicts an ancient sepulcher—a tomb—situated in a vineyard along the road Tivoli, just outside Rome. Piranesi, a Venetian-born artist and architect, was obsessed with antiquity, producing hundreds of intricate prints that immortalized Rome's faded grandeur for Grand Tour travelers and scholars across Europe. As a leading figure in the vedutisti tradition—sp...
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...