Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Theater of Marcellus, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.6 × 54.3 cm (15 1/4 × 21 7/16 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 55 cm (16 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 56 × 71.8 cm (22 1/16 × 28 5/16 in.)

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View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Felice, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.2 × 68.6 cm (15 7/8 × 27 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 68.7 cm (16 × 27 1/16 in.); Sheet: 43.5 × 69.8 cm (17 3/16 × 27 1/2 in.)

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View of the upper storey of the Cages for Wild Animals built by the Emperor Domitian, associated with the Flavian Amphitheater and commonly called the Curia Hostilia, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.3 × 60.1 cm (15 1/8 × 23 11/16 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 60.8 cm (16 × 23 15/16 in.); Sheet: 46.1 × 67.4 cm (18 3/16 × 26 9/16 in.)

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Trajan's Column, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 53.3 × 40.3 cm (21 × 15 7/8 in.); Plate: 54.7 × 41.3 cm (21 9/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 62.6 × 48.1 cm (24 11/16 × 18 15/16 in.)

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View of the Palazzo Odescalchi, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.1 × 60.9 cm (15 × 24 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 61.7 cm (16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 47.3 × 67.5 cm (18 5/8 × 26 5/8 in.)

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View of the Remains of the Dining Room of the Golden House of Nero, commonly called the Temple of Peace, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 39.5 × 54.5 cm (15 9/16 × 21 1/2 in.); Plate: 42 × 55.2 cm (16 9/16 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 56 × 71.8 cm (22 1/16 × 28 5/16 in.)

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View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola on Monte Aureo, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 39.7 × 61 cm (15 11/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.3 × 61.6 cm (15 7/8 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 46.6 × 67.2 cm (18 3/8 × 26 1/2 in.)

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View of the Capitoline Hill with the steps to the Church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.4 × 54 cm (15 1/8 × 21 5/16 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 54.7 cm (16 × 21 9/16 in.); Sheet: 47 × 61.3 cm (18 9/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

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View of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], built by Constantine the Great, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.9 × 61.2 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/8 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 61.7 cm (16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 45.8 × 66.5 cm (18 1/16 × 26 3/16 in.)

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View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel Sant’Angelo) from the Rear, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

1750 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 41.2 × 55.7 cm (16 1/4 × 21 15/16 in.); Plate: 44 × 56.1 cm (17 3/8 × 22 1/8 in.); Sheet: 49.7 × 60.2 cm (19 5/8 × 23 3/4 in.)

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View of the Basilica of S. Lorenzo fuori delle Mura [S. Lorenzo outside the Walls], from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.7 × 65.9 cm (14 7/8 × 26 in.); Plate: 37.9 × 66.2 cm (14 15/16 × 26 1/8 in.); Sheet: 42.3 × 68.8 cm (16 11/16 × 27 1/8 in.)

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View of the Rear Entrance of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.5 × 61.1 cm (14 13/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.3 × 61.7 cm (15 7/8 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 46.5 × 68.7 cm (18 5/16 × 27 1/16 in.)

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View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.4 × 60.5 cm (15 1/8 × 23 7/8 in.); Plate: 40.3 × 61 cm (15 7/8 × 24 1/16 in.); Sheet: 48 × 68 cm (18 15/16 × 26 13/16 in.)

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View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38 × 61 cm (15 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.4 × 61.7 cm (15 15/16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 48 × 68.7 cm (18 15/16 × 27 1/16 in.)

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View of the palace of the illustrious Barberini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.8 × 61 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 61.8 cm (16 × 24 3/8 in.); Sheet: 47 × 67.5 cm (18 9/16 × 26 5/8 in.)

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View of the Customs House in Piazza di Pietra, which was built within the ruins of the Temple of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius in his Forum, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 39.5 × 59.9 cm (15 9/16 × 23 5/8 in.); Plate: 40 × 60.4 cm (15 3/4 × 23 13/16 in.); Sheet: 49.1 × 63.8 cm (19 3/8 × 25 1/8 in.)

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View of the Façade of the Basilica of S. Croce in Gerusalemme [the Holy Cross in Jerusalem], from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38 × 61.1 cm (15 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 61.7 cm (16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 46.3 × 67.5 cm (18 1/4 × 26 5/8 in.)

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View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secretariat, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.5 × 61 cm (14 13/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 61.6 cm (16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 46.4 × 67 cm (18 5/16 × 26 7/16 in.)

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View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 41.6 × 66 cm (16 7/16 × 26 in.); Plate: 42 × 66.4 cm (16 9/16 × 26 3/16 in.); Sheet: 46.4 × 68.9 cm (18 5/16 × 27 3/16 in.)

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Arch of Septimius Severus through which passed the ancient Sacred Way, bringing victors to the Capitol, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 35.6 × 58.5 cm (14 1/16 × 23 1/16 in.); Plate: 37.9 × 59 cm (14 15/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 65.3 cm (17 5/16 × 25 3/4 in.)

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View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.8 × 54.4 cm (15 5/16 × 21 7/16 in.); Plate: 41 × 55 cm (16 3/16 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.8 × 59.7 cm (18 1/16 × 23 9/16 in.)

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View of the Piazza del Popolo, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.3 × 54 cm (15 1/8 × 21 5/16 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 54.5 cm (16 × 21 1/2 in.); Sheet: 46.9 × 60.5 cm (18 1/2 × 23 7/8 in.)

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View along the Via del Corso of the Palazzo dell' Accademia established by Louis XIV, King of France for French students of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.7 × 61.8 cm (14 7/8 × 24 3/8 in.); Plate: 40.7 × 62.5 cm (16 1/16 × 24 5/8 in.); Sheet: 48.7 × 68.2 cm (19 3/16 × 26 7/8 in.)

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View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy white laid paper

Image: 39.2 × 55.1 cm (15 7/16 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 55.6 cm (16 3/8 × 21 15/16 in.); Sheet: 54 × 69 cm (21 5/16 × 27 3/16 in.)

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View of the large Trevi Fountain formerly called the Acqua Vergine, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.1 × 54.9 cm (15 × 21 5/8 in.); Plate: 40.1 × 55 cm (15 13/16 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 45.7 × 61.3 cm (18 × 24 3/16 in.)

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View of the Piazza di Spagna, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.1 × 59.7 cm (15 × 23 9/16 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 60.2 cm (16 × 23 3/4 in.); Sheet: 52.1 × 80.3 cm (20 9/16 × 31 5/8 in.)

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View of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis. Now the Armenian church of S. Maria Egizziaca, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 35.6 × 58 cm (14 1/16 × 22 7/8 in.); Plate: 37.7 × 58.6 cm (14 7/8 × 23 1/8 in.); Sheet: 51 × 73.5 cm (20 1/8 × 28 15/16 in.)

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View of the Piazza della Rotonda, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 39.2 × 54.8 cm (15 7/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Plate: 41.2 × 55.2 cm (16 1/4 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 52.9 × 80.8 cm (20 7/8 × 31 13/16 in.)

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View of the Site of the ancient Roman Forum, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 35.6 × 59 cm (14 1/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Plate: 37.9 × 59.6 cm (14 15/16 × 23 1/2 in.); Sheet: 53 × 81 cm (20 7/8 × 31 15/16 in.)

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View of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman Forum, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 39.3 × 54.4 cm (15 1/2 × 21 7/16 in.); Plate: 40.8 × 55 cm (16 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 53.2 × 81.5 cm (21 × 32 1/8 in.)

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Internal view of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 39.3 × 54.7 cm (15 1/2 × 21 9/16 in.); Plate: 41.4 × 55 cm (16 5/16 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 52 × 80 cm (20 1/2 × 31 1/2 in.)

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View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secretariat, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.6 × 61 cm (14 13/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 61.7 cm (16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 52.8 × 80.3 cm (20 13/16 × 31 5/8 in.)

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View of the Façade of the Basilica of S. Croce in Gerusalemme [the Holy Cross in Jerusalem], from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.2 × 61.6 cm (15 1/16 × 24 5/16 in.); Plate: 40.7 × 62.2 cm (16 1/16 × 24 1/2 in.); Sheet: 52.5 × 80.3 cm (20 11/16 × 31 5/8 in.)

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View of the Rear Entrance of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.5 × 61.1 cm (14 13/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.3 × 61.7 cm (15 7/8 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 52.6 × 80.5 cm (20 3/4 × 31 3/4 in.)

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View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.9 × 61 cm (14 15/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.4 × 61.6 cm (15 15/16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 52 × 79.8 cm (20 1/2 × 31 7/16 in.)

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View of the Pyramidal Tomb of Cestius, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.9 × 54.6 cm (15 3/8 × 21 1/2 in.); Plate: 41.1 × 55 cm (16 3/16 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 52.8 × 81 cm (20 13/16 × 31 15/16 in.)

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View of the Temple of Cybele in the Piazza of the Bocca della Verità, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 36.7 × 59.1 cm (14 1/2 × 23 5/16 in.); Plate: 39.8 × 59.5 cm (15 11/16 × 23 7/16 in.); Sheet: 52.5 × 80 cm (20 11/16 × 31 1/2 in.)

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Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 53 × 40 cm (20 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Plate: 54.4 × 40.7 cm (21 7/16 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 62.3 × 47.9 cm (24 9/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

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The Column of Marcus Aurelius, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 53.5 × 40 cm (21 1/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Plate: 55.2 × 40.7 cm (21 3/4 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 62.7 × 47.8 cm (24 11/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

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View of the Pyramidal Tomb of Cestius, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.6 × 53.8 cm (15 1/4 × 21 3/16 in.); Plate: 40.8 × 54.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.); Sheet: 47.3 × 59.7 cm (18 5/8 × 23 9/16 in.)

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View of the Temple of Cybele in the Piazza of the Bocca della Verità, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37 × 59.5 cm (14 5/8 × 23 7/16 in.); Plate: 40 × 59.8 cm (15 3/4 × 23 9/16 in.); Sheet: 55.4 × 79 cm (21 13/16 × 31 1/8 in.)

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View of the Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles distant from Rome, beyond the Porta S. Sebastiano, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.5 × 61.6 cm (15 3/16 × 24 5/16 in.); Plate: 40.8 × 62.3 cm (16 1/8 × 24 9/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 78.5 cm (21 7/8 × 30 15/16 in.)

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View of the Ponte Salario, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.3 × 60.9 cm (15 1/8 × 24 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 61.6 cm (16 × 24 5/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 77.1 cm (21 7/8 × 30 3/8 in.)

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View of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 41.4 × 69.7 cm (16 5/16 × 27 1/2 in.); Plate: 44.1 × 70.2 cm (17 3/8 × 27 11/16 in.); Sheet: 56.1 × 79 cm (22 1/8 × 31 1/8 in.)

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View of the Port of Ripa Grande, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38 × 61 cm (15 × 24 1/16 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 61.5 cm (16 × 24 1/4 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 77.9 cm (21 7/8 × 30 11/16 in.)

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View of the Arch of Titus, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

1750 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 38.1 × 61.5 cm (15 × 24 1/4 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 62 cm (16 × 24 7/16 in.); Sheet: 55.6 × 78.2 cm (21 15/16 × 30 13/16 in.)

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Another view of the remains of the Pronaos of the Temple of Concord (The Temple of Saturn with Arch of Septimius Severus in left background), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I

1750 · Etching; first state of three (Hind)

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 29 5/16 in. (52 x 74.5 cm)

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View of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II

1750 · Etching; second state of four (Hind)

Sheet: 20 1/16 x 28 15/16 in. (51 x 73.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art