Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.3 x 27.2 cm (5 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.4 x 52.6 cm (14 3/4 x 20 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Arco di Costantino

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.9 x 26.2 cm (5 1/16 x 10 5/16 in.) sheet: 37.4 x 52.9 cm (14 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Arco di Druso

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.2 x 27 cm (5 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.) sheet: 37 x 57.8 cm (14 9/16 x 22 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tempio di Giove Tonante

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 12.3 x 27.1 cm (4 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 36.8 x 52.8 cm (14 1/2 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Arco di Tito

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13 x 26.5 cm (5 1/8 x 10 7/16 in.) overall: 37 x 52.9 cm (14 9/16 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Text Plate

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 23.4 x 35.7 cm (9 3/16 x 14 1/16 in.) sheet: 36.4 x 52.7 cm (14 5/16 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Parte di Foro di Nerva

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 13.5 x 27.1 cm (5 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.1 x 52.7 cm (14 5/8 x 20 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Text Plate

1748 · etching on laid paper

National Gallery of Art

Frontispiece

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 23.8 x 36 cm (9 3/8 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 36.5 x 52.8 cm (14 3/8 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Dedication

1748 · etching on laid paper

plate: 23.5 x 25.8 cm (9 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 36.9 x 52.8 cm (14 1/2 x 20 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Magnificent Palatial Interior

1748 · pen and brown ink with brown wash with graphite over red chalk, touches of black chalk on laid paper, incised

overall: 37.6 × 51.5 cm (14 13/16 × 20 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Tempio antico

1748 · etching, engraving, drypoint

plate: 40.6 x 25.8 cm (16 x 10 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Spaccato interno della Basilica di S. Paolo fuori delle Mura

1748 · etching

National Gallery of Art

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

1748 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38 × 53.6 cm (15 × 21 1/8 in.); Plate: 40.4 × 54.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 7/16 in.); Sheet: 52.2 × 66.5 cm (20 9/16 × 26 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

1748 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.5 × 40 cm (21 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.); Plate: 55.2 × 40.7 cm (21 3/4 × 16 1/16 in.); Sheet: 80.2 × 55.3 cm (31 5/8 × 21 13/16 in.)

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Interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome

1748 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.6 × 59.3 cm (15 1/4 × 23 3/8 in.); Plate: 40.8 × 59.7 cm (16 1/8 × 23 9/16 in.); Sheet: 55.6 × 78.4 cm (21 15/16 × 30 7/8 in.)

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Frontispiece, from Roman Antiquities, Part I

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 23.8 × 35.5 cm (9 3/8 × 14 in.); Sheet: 34.9 × 46.2 cm (13 3/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

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Temple of Jupiter Tonans [Jupiter the Thunderer]. 1. Temple of Concord, plate 7 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.1 × 26.4 cm (5 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 46.5 cm (13 5/8 × 18 5/16 in.)

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Dedication to Giovanni Bottari, from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 23.8 × 35.6 cm (9 3/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34.8 × 46.6 cm (13 3/4 × 18 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Transcription of various ancient Latin inscriptions, from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 23.8 × 35.4 cm (9 3/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 46.7 cm (13 11/16 × 18 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Part of the Forum of Nerva, plate five from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.6 × 27 cm (5 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 47 cm (13 5/8 × 18 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Transription of Ancient Latin Inscriptions and Index, from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 23.8 × 35.5 cm (9 3/8 × 14 in.); Sheet: 34.9 × 47.2 cm (13 3/4 × 18 5/8 in.)

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Arch of Constantine in Rome, plate 9 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13 × 26 cm (5 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 46.4 cm (13 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

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Arch of Drusus at the Porta S. Sebastiano in Rome, plate 8 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.2 × 26.5 cm (5 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34.8 × 46.5 cm (13 3/4 × 18 5/16 in.)

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Flavian ampitheater, called the Colosseum. 1. Arch of Constantine. 2. Palatine Hill, plate 12 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.6 × 26.9 cm (5 × 10 5/8 in.); Plate: 13.4 × 27.1 cm (5 5/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 46.1 cm (13 7/16 × 18 3/16 in.)

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Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator [Jupiter the Supporter]. 1. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. 2. Temple of Peace, plate 10 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.2 × 26.3 cm (4 13/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Plate: 13.4 × 26.5 cm (5 5/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34.2 × 46.8 cm (13 1/2 × 18 7/16 in.)

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Temple of Janus, plate 11 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13 × 26.1 cm (5 1/8 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 46 cm (13 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

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The Bridge at Rimini built by the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius, plate 16 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.4 × 26.1 cm (4 15/16 × 10 5/16 in.); Plate: 13.4 × 26.1 cm (5 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 46.5 cm (13 5/8 × 18 5/16 in.)

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Arch of Septimius Severus. 1. Temple of Concord. 2. Ascent to the Capitoline Hill, plate 13 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 10.8 × 24.5 cm (4 5/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 12.4 × 25.3 cm (4 15/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 45.2 cm (13 7/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

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Senatorial Bridge, Today called the Ponte Rotto [Broken Bridge]. 1. Temple of Vesta. 2. Temple of Fortuna Virilis. 3. Part of the ancient Palatine, plate 14 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 12.4 × 25.2 cm (4 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 45.3 cm (13 7/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

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Forum of Augustus, plate 15 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.3 × 26.3 cm (5 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 45.1 cm (13 9/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page: Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect. Part Two, from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13 × 26.2 cm (5 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 34.8 × 46.4 cm (13 3/4 × 18 5/16 in.)

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Temple of Pola in Istria, plate 21 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.5 × 25 cm (4 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 12.5 × 25.5 cm (4 15/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 46.7 cm (13 5/8 × 18 7/16 in.)

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Tomb of the Scipios, plate 18 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other arches

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.2 × 26.5 cm (5 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 46.7 cm (13 9/16 × 18 7/16 in.)

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Part of the ancient Appian Way about three miles outside Porta S. Sebastiano, plate 19 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.5 × 26.8 cm (4 15/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 26.8 cm (5 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 46.7 cm (13 7/16 × 18 7/16 in.)

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The Arch at Rimini built by Augustus, plate 17 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 13.4 × 26 cm (5 5/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Plate: 13.4 × 26.4 cm (5 5/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 45.5 cm (13 9/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

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Tomb of Caecilia Metella called Capo di Bove [Ox Head], plate twenty from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.5 × 26.7 cm (5 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 45.6 cm (13 7/16 × 18 in.)

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Ampitheater of Verona, plate 25 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 12.9 × 26 cm (5 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.2 × 45.8 cm (13 1/2 × 18 1/16 in.)

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Arch of Pola in Istria near the Gate, plate 24 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.5 × 25.5 cm (4 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Plate: 12.9 × 26 cm (5 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 46.1 cm (13 7/16 × 18 3/16 in.)

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Temple of Clitumnus between Foligno and Spoleto, plate 26 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.4 × 26.6 cm (5 5/16 × 10 1/2 in.); Sheet: 34.3 × 46.2 cm (13 9/16 × 18 1/4 in.)

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Ampitheater of Pola in Istria near the sea, plate 23 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.5 × 25.7 cm (4 9/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Plate: 13 × 26.3 cm (5 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 34.2 × 46.5 cm (13 1/2 × 18 5/16 in.)

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Rear View of the Temple of Pola in Istria. 1. Rear view of another temple, plate 22 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.1 × 25 cm (4 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Plate: 12.5 × 25.1 cm (4 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 45.9 cm (13 9/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

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Tomb of the three Curiatii brothers in Albano, plate 27 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 13.3 × 26.1 cm (5 1/4 × 10 5/16 in.); Plate: 13.3 × 26.4 cm (5 1/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34.5 × 46.2 cm (13 5/8 × 18 1/4 in.)

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Arch of Trajan in Ancona, plate 28 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13.5 × 26.8 cm (5 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 45.5 cm (13 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

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Arch of Galienus. I. Facade of the Church of S. Vito, plate 29 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 12.7 × 26.5 cm (5 × 10 7/16 in.); Plate: 13.5 × 26.5 cm (5 3/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34 × 45.5 cm (13 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

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Sepolcro delle tre fratelli Curiati in Albano (Tomb of the Three Curiatii Brothers in Albano), from the Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica

1748 · Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper

Plate: 13.6 × 26.7 cm (5 3/8 × 10 9/16 in.); sheet: 41.1 × 54 cm (16 3/16 × 21 5/16 in.)

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1. Arch of Titus. 2. Villa Farnese. 3. Columns of the Temple of Jupiter Stator [the Supporter]. 4. Arch of Septimius Severus. 5. Temple of Peace, plate six from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

1748 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Plate: 13 × 26.5 cm (5 1/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 34.4 × 46.5 cm (13 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Fontana dell'Aqua Giulia (Vedute dell avanzo del Castello del'Aqua Giulia)

1748 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art