Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 – 1778)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778): Italian master of etching famed for dramatic Roman architecture, fantastical 'Carceri' prisons & detailed cityscapes. A Neoclassical visionary.

About this artwork

  • Title: The Roman antiquities, t. 3, Plate XV. View of a large boulder, a relic of the Tomb of the Family? Metelli on the Appian Way about five miles from the Porta S. Sebastian, in the Hamlet of S. Maria Nuova, etc.
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
  • Format: Square
  • Copyright status: Public domain
  • Movement: Neo Classicism
  • Perceived brightness: balanced

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