Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi architetto Ve(nez)iano

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Gezicht op de façade van de Sint-Paulus buiten de Muren te Rome. Titel en verklarende lijst met nummers in de ondermarge.

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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...