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

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Gezicht op de Chiesa di Sant’Urbano te Rome (Oorspronkelijk was het een tempel uit de Romeinse tijd, gebouwd onder keizer Marcus Aurelius. Op prent Tempel van Bacchus genoemd). Titel en verklarende letters in ondermarge.

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...