Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Frontispiece to "Opere varie di architettura, prospettive grotesshi antichità"

1750 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, with the Porta S. Paolo and adjoining road (Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cestio), from "Vedute di Roma"

1750 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the Campo Vaccino (Roman Forum with the Temple of Castor and Pollux to right), from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II

1750 · Etching; first state of four (Hind)

Sheet: 20 1/16 x 29 1/8 in. (51 x 74 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ancient school built according to the Egyptian and Greek manners (Scuola antica architettata all'Egiziana e alla Greca)

1750 · Etching

Plate: 6 1/16 × 8 9/16 in. (15.4 × 21.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I

1750 · Etching; third state of five (Hind)

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), part I

1750 · Etching

Overall: 21 7/16 x 16 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (54.5 x 42 x 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Skeletons

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.9 × 54.2 cm (15 3/8 × 21 3/8 in.); Plate: 39.3 × 54.7 cm (15 1/2 × 21 9/16 in.); Sheet: 59 × 80.7 cm (23 1/4 × 31 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.7 × 53.1 cm (15 1/4 × 20 15/16 in.); Plate: 39.2 × 53.6 cm (15 7/16 × 21 1/8 in.); Sheet: 47.5 × 60.9 cm (18 3/4 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pier with Chains

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Pier with a Lamp

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, and burnishing

plate: 41.5 x 55.8 cm (16 5/16 x 21 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Gothic Arch

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, and burnishing

plate: 41.3 x 54.4 cm (16 1/4 x 21 7/16 in.) sheet: 51.2 x 71.1 cm (20 3/16 x 28 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Well

1749 · etching, engraving, scratching, burnishing, lavis

National Gallery of Art

The Sawhorse

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching

National Gallery of Art

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

1749 · etching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint

National Gallery of Art

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Drawbridge

1749 · etching, engraving, scratching

plate: 54.7 x 41.1 cm (21 9/16 x 16 3/16 in.) sheet: 71.5 x 51.2 cm (28 1/8 x 20 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Staircase with Trophies

1749 · etching, engraving

National Gallery of Art

The Giant Wheel

1749 · etching, engraving

National Gallery of Art

The Smoking Fire

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Grand Piazza

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Round Tower

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

plate: 55.6 x 41.8 cm (21 7/8 x 16 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Title Plate

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite

National Gallery of Art

Cut-away view of the interior of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], from Views of Rome

1749 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 39.2 × 60.9 cm (15 7/16 × 24 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 61.3 cm (16 3/8 × 24 3/16 in.); Sheet: 47 × 66.2 cm (18 9/16 × 26 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore with its two flanking wings, from Views of Rome

1749 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.3 × 54.2 cm (15 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.); Plate: 40.1 × 54.8 cm (15 13/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 47.4 × 62 cm (18 11/16 × 24 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore with its two flanking wings, from Views of Rome

1749 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.3 × 54.2 cm (15 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.); Plate: 40.2 × 54.6 cm (15 7/8 × 21 1/2 in.); Sheet: 52 × 80.1 cm (20 1/2 × 31 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

1749 · Etching with engraving and sulphur tint or open bite on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 54.4 × 41.4 cm (21 7/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 57.8 × 44.3 cm (22 13/16 × 17 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Plate

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite

plate: 54.8 x 41.4 cm (21 9/16 x 16 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Bridge and Castel S. Angelo (Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant'Angelo

1749 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arco di Trajoano in Ancona

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.5 x 27.1 cm (5 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.5 x 52.8 cm (14 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sepolcro delle trè fratelli Curiati in Albano

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.2 x 26.9 cm (5 3/16 x 10 9/16 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 52.7 cm (14 5/8 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Arco di Trajoano in Ancona

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.5 x 27.2 cm (5 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.) plate: 37.5 x 33 cm (14 3/4 x 13 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Arco di Pola in Istria

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.8 x 26.3 cm (5 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 52.8 cm (14 5/8 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Anfiteatro di Verona

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.9 x 26.5 cm (5 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 37.6 x 23 cm (14 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tempio di Clitumno tra Foligno e Spoletti

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.4 x 27.1 cm (5 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 36.5 x 52.8 cm (14 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Anfiteatro di Pola in Istria

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.9 x 26.5 cm (5 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 37 x 52.7 cm (14 9/16 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Rovescio del Tempio di Pola in Istria

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.5 x 26 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.) sheet: 37.4 x 52.7 cm (14 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tempio di Pola in Istria

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.5 x 25.9 cm (4 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 36.9 x 52.8 cm (14 1/2 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Parte dell'antica Via Appia fuori de Porta S. Sebastiano

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.5 x 27.4 cm (5 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.) sheet: 37.1 x 52.7 cm (14 5/8 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sepulcro de famiglia de' Scipioni

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.5 x 27.4 cm (5 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.) sheet: 37.1 x 52.7 cm (14 5/8 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sepulcro di Metella detto Capo di Bove

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.3 x 27.1 cm (5 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 52.5 cm (14 5/8 x 20 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ponte di Rimino fabbricato da Augusto e da Tiberio imperatore

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.3 x 27.1 cm (5 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 37 x 52.6 cm (14 9/16 x 20 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Arco di Rimino fabbricato da Augusto

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.6 x 27.2 cm (5 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.8 x 52.8 cm (14 7/8 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Frontispiece for Parte Seconda

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13 x 26.5 cm (5 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 52.8 cm (14 5/8 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ponte Senatorio oggi detto Ponte Rotto

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.3 x 26.5 cm (4 13/16 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 52.8 cm (14 11/16 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Arco di Settimio Severo

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.3 x 25.9 cm (4 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 37 x 52.7 cm (14 9/16 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

For di Augusto

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.4 x 26.8 cm (5 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.) sheet: 37.5 x 52.9 cm (14 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Vestigi del tempio del Giove Statore

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.2 x 26.7 cm (5 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.) sheet: 36.8 x 52.7 cm (14 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tempio di Diana

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.1 x 26.5 cm (5 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.) sheet: 37.2 x 52.6 cm (14 5/8 x 20 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art