Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Pi
Portrait by Francesco Piranesi, 1779
The Round Tower, etching
The Pyramid of Cestius, etching
The Arch of Trajan at Benevento, etching
Carceri d'invenzione
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Carceri d'invenzione, often translated as Imaginary Prisons, is a series of 16 etchings by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 14 produced from c. 1745 to 1750, when the first edition of th
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
…1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi. Piranesi was born in Venice, in the parish of San Moisè, where he was…
Title page, second edition, 1761
Pietro Labruzzi's portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1779
Detail from Plate V
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Le Carceri d'Invenzione First Edition 1750 01 Title Plate