Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate 9: Arch of Constantine in Rome (Arco di Costantino in Roma), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (13.9 × 26.5 cm)

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Plate 8: Arch of Drusus at the Porta S. Sebastiano in Rome (Arco di Druso alla Porta di Sebastiano in Roma), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 3/16 × 10 9/16 in. (13.2 × 26.9 cm)

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Dedication to Giovanni Bottari (Dédicace à Bottari), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 9 5/16 × 14 1/8 in. (23.6 × 35.8 cm)

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Plate 7: Temple of Jupiter Tonans (Jupiter the Thunderer). 1. Temple of Concord. (Tempio di Giove Tonans. 1. Tempio della Concordia.), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 9/16 in. (13.3 × 26.9 cm)

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Plate 1: Part of the Forum of Nerva (Parte del Foro di Nerva), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 5/16 × 10 5/8 in. (13.5 × 27 cm)

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Plate 3: Inscriptions on Antiquities outside Rome with Index of Plates, from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 9 5/16 × 14 1/8 in. (23.6 × 35.8 cm)

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Plate 17: The Arch of Rimini built by Augustus (Arco di Rimino fabbricato da Augusto), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 11 in. (13.3 × 27.9 cm)

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Plate 11: Temple of Janus (Tempio di Giano), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 3/16 × 10 1/2 in. (13.2 × 26.6 cm)

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Plate 12: Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum. 1. Arch of Constantine. 2. Palatine Hill. (Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo in Roma. 1. Arco di Costantino. 2. Monte Palatino.), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (13.4 × 27.4 cm)

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Plate 15: Forum of Augustus (Foro di Augusto), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 3/16 × 10 7/16 in. (13.2 × 26.5 cm)

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Frontispiece to "Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect Part Two" (ANTCHITÀ ROMANE FUORI DI ROMA DISEGNATE ED INCISE DA GIAMBAT'TA PIRANESI, ARCHITETTO VENEZIANO, PARTE SECONDA)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/16 × 10 3/8 in. (12.9 × 26.4 cm)

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Plate 6: 1. Arch of Titus. 2. Villa Farnese. 3. Columns of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (the Supporter). 4. Arch of Septimus Severus. 5. Temple of Peace. (1. Arco di Tito in Roma. 2. Villa Farnese. 2. Colon.e. del Tem.o di G.ve St.re. 4. Ar.co di Set.o...), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/16 × 10 3/8 in. (12.9 × 26.3 cm)

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Plate 16: The Bridge at Rimini built by the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius (Ponte di Rimino fabbricato da Augusto e da Tiberio Imperatori), from "Antichità Romane fuori di Roma"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (13.3 × 26.5 cm)

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Title page from "Roman Antiquity of the Time of the Republic and the First Emperors" (Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 9 1/4 × 14 1/16 in. (23.5 × 35.7 cm)

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Arch of Galienus. 1. Façade od the Church of S. Vito (Arco di Galieno. 1. Facciata della Chiesa di S. Vito), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 11/16 in. (13.3 × 27.2 cm)

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Plate 28: Arch of Trajan in Ancona (Arco di Trajano in Ancona), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (14.1 × 27.6 cm)

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Plate 27: Tomb of the three Curiatii brothers in Albano (Sepolcro delle tre fratelli Curiati in Albano), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 3/16 × 10 9/16 in. (13.2 × 26.8 cm)

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Plate 26: Temple of Clitumnus between Foligno and Spoleto... (Tempio di Clitumno tra Fuligno e Spoletti...), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (13.3 × 27 cm)

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Plate 25: Amphitheater of Verona (Anfiteatro di Verona), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 10 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (26.3 × 12.8 cm)

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Plate 23: Amphitheater of Pola in Istria near the sea (Anfiteatro di Pola in Istria vicino al mare), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/16 × 10 5/16 in. (12.8 × 26.2 cm)

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Plate 22: Rear View of the Temple of Pola in Istria. 1. Rear View of another temple. (Rovescio del Tempio di Pola di Istria. 1. Rovescio di un Altro Tempio.), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 4 7/8 × 10 1/16 in. (12.4 × 25.6 cm)

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Plate 21: Temple of Pola in Istria (Tempio di Pola in Istria), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 4 13/16 × 10 1/8 in. (12.3 × 25.7 cm)

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Plate 20: Tomb of Caecilia Metella called the Capo di Bove (Ox Head) (Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (13.3 × 27 cm)

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Plate 18: The Tomb of the Scipios (Sepolcro della famiglia de' Scipioni), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 11/16 in. (13.4 × 27.2 cm)

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Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva, from "Vedute di Roma"

1743 · Etching

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Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva, from "Vedute di Roma"

1743 · Etching

Sheet: 24 15/16 × 19 7/16 in. (63.3 × 49.4 cm)

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Interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1743 · Etching; third state of six (Hind)

Sheet: 20 11/16 x 28 9/16 in. (52.5 x 72.5 cm)

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View of St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1743 · Etching; fourth state of seven (Hind)

Sheet: 20 11/16 x 28 15/16 in. (52.5 x 73.5 cm)

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View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1743 · Etching; first state of seven (Hind)

Sheet: 19 7/8 x 27 9/16 in. (50.5 x 70 cm)

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View showing the remains of a large enclosure of columns..., from Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidonia qui est située dans la Lucanie (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifces that still exist at teh center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is siutated in Lucania)

1743 · Etching

Sheet: 20 3/16 x 27 5/16 in. (51.2 x 69.4 cm)

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Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva, from "Vedute di Roma"

1743 · Etching

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Camera sepolcrale

1742 · etching

sheet: 46.5 × 32.3 cm (18 5/16 × 12 11/16 in.) plate: 40 × 27.3 cm (15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

An Ancient Forum with Porticos

1742 · pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 13.5 x 21.5 cm (5 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

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Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain

1740 · Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on buff laid paper

25.7 × 38.9 cm (10 1/8 × 15 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Column Capitals

1740 · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

42.6 × 32.5 cm (16 13/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante

1740 · Engraving

Image: 38 x 59.5 cm (14 15/16 x 23 7/16 in.)

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Vestibule of an ancient temple... (Vestibolo d'antico Tempio...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1738 · Etching

Plate (Image): 9 3/8 × 14 in. (23.8 × 35.5 cm)

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Remains of the Temple of Castor and Pollux . . . (Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce . . .)

1735 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 7 11/16 in. (13.3 × 19.5 cm)

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Remains of the Temple of Cybele (Avanzi del Tempio di Cibele)

1735 · Etching

Plate: 5 1/4 × 7 7/8 in. (13.4 × 20 cm)

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Altra V. del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli)

1735 · Etching

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Various Roman Ionic capitals compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Paoplo fuori le Mura, S. Clemente, etc.], from Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London), tab. 20

1735 · Etching

Plate: 15 3/4 x 23 9/16 in. (40 x 59.8 cm)

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Remains of the Temple of Castor and Pollux . . . ( Avanzo del Tempio di Castore e Polluce . . .)

1730 · Etching

Plate: 5 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (13.2 × 19.5 cm)

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Seven columns of the Temple of Juturna with Corinthian capitals . . . (Sette colonne con capitelli corinti spettanti al Tempio di Giuturna . . .)

1730 · Etching

Plate: 5 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (13.2 × 19.6 cm)

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Romeinse ruïnes

1730 · pen on chalk, paper

height: 60 cm, width: 84 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vignet met schild, knots en lans

1730 · pen on ink, paper

width: 141 cm, height: 44 cm

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Veduta della facciata di dietro della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore

1720 · engraving and etching

sheet: 52.8 × 75.4 cm (20 13/16 × 29 11/16 in.) plate: 40 × 61 cm (15 3/4 × 24 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Catalogo delle Opere

1720 · etching

sheet: 48 x 30.4 cm (18 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Catalogo delle Opere

1720 · etching

National Gallery of Art