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. 4, Plate XII. View of an entrance to the upper room into the boulder burial d`Elio Adriano.
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
  • Format: Landscape
  • Copyright status: Public domain
  • Movement: Neoclassicism
  • Creative period: Mature Period
  • Corpus context: exploring lost worlds, archaeological record
  • Keywords: black and white print, classical engraving, ancient rome artwork
  • Color hue: Green to Violet Spectrum

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