View of the Piazza di monte Cavallo, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
ca. 1773
Medium
Etching; first state of four (Hind)
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 1/16 x 30 1/8 in. (53.6 x 76.5 cm) Plate: 18 11/16 x 27 15/16 in. (47.5 x 71 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edward W. Root, Elihu Root Jr. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant III, 1937
Accession Number
37.17.11
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling heart of 18th-century Rome with Battista Piranesi's * of the Piazza di Monteallo*, from his renowned *Vedute di Roma* (Roman Views) series, ca. 1773. This etching captures the grandeur of the Piazza del Quirinale (then known as Piazza di Monte Cavallo) Rome's Quirinal Hill, featuring majestic buildings, the iconic horse-taming statues of the Dioscuri (Castor andux), lively human figures, carriages, and horses. Piranesi, a masterful Venetian-born artist and architect, immortalized the Eternal City's architectural splendor during the Grand Tour era, when wealthy Europeans ...
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...