View of the so-called Temple of Concord with the Temple of Saturn, on the right the Arch of Septimius Severus
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1760–78
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 21 3/16 x 31 3/16 in. (53.8 x 79.2 cm) plate: 18 9/16 x 27 3/4 in. (47.1 x 70.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.916
Tags
ArchitectureRuinsMen
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...