Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the Port of Ripa Grande, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1748 · Etching; first state of six (Hind)

Sheet: 21 1/16 x 30 1/8 in. (53.5 x 76.5 cm)

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View of the Palazzo Odeschali, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1748 · Etching; before first state of five (Hind)

Sheet: 19 5/16 x 27 1/2 in. (49 x 69.8 cm)

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Frontispiece from "Vedute di Roma"

1748 · Etching

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The smaller harbor, called the Porto di Ripetta (Veduta del Porto di Ripetta)

1748 · etching

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The Carrying of the Cross

1747 · pen and gray-brown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down

Overall: 18.3 x 13.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.) support: 23.1 x 17.4 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

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Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero

1747 · pen and gray-brown ink over red chalk, tip of the brush with gray ink, gray wash

overall: 49.1 × 38.9 cm (19 5/16 × 15 5/16 in.)

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Prima Parte di Architetture, e Prospettive (First Edition, Third Issue)

1747 · 1 vol: title plate (Robison 1, state iii), dedication page (reset text w/ initial "S" (Robison 14), 14 plates (R.2-3, 5-12 state ii; R.14-18 state i)

page size: 49 x 35 cm (19 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

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Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva

1747 · etching

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The Monumnental Tablet, from the Grotteschi

1747 · Etching, engraving, and drypoint on off-white paper

Plate: 39.1 × 53.8 cm (15 7/16 × 21 3/16 in.); Sheet: 47.3 × 68.9 cm (18 5/8 × 27 3/16 in.)

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A Fantastic Vase

1746 · pen and brownish black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

overall: 23.8 × 14.2 cm (9 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)

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The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk (Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda), from "Vedute di Roma"

1746 · Etching

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View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Felice...., from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1746 · Etching; first state of five (Hind)

Sheet: 21 3/16 x 30 1/8 in. (53.8 x 76.5 cm)

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Ancient mausoleum erected for the ashes of a Roman Emperor (Mausoleo antico eretto per le ceneri d'un Imperadore Romano), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 14 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (36 × 25.2 cm)

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View of a courtyard with a loggia, fountains, statues, and other ornaments (Prospetto d'un regio Cortile nel cui mezzo vi stà una Loggia...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 9 1/8 × 13 15/16 in. (23.2 × 35.4 cm)

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The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 9 5/16 × 14 3/16 in. (23.7 × 36.1 cm)

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Ruins of an ancient tomb in front of ruins of an ancient aqueduct (Ruine di Sepolcro antico posto dinanzi ad altre ruine d'un Aquedotto), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (36.9 × 24.4 cm)

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Imaginery ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess Vesta... (Tempio antico inventato e disegnato alla maniera di quelli che si fabbricavano in onore della Dea Vesta...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate: 15 11/16 × 9 15/16 in. (39.8 × 25.3 cm)

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Dark prison with a courtyard for the punishment of criminals... (Carcere oscura con Antenna pel suplizio dè malfatori...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 14 3/8 × 9 5/16 in. (36.5 × 23.7 cm)

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Group of columns which support two arches of a great courtyard... (Gruppo di Colonne, che regge due archi d'un grande Cortile...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate: 15 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (40.1 × 24.7 cm)

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Remains of ancient buldings among which stands the sepulchral urn of Marcus Agrippa made entirely of porphyry, which serves today as the Tomb of Clement XII... (Vestiggi d'antichi Edifici fra i quali evvi l'Urna Sepolcrale tutta d'un pezzo di...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate: 15 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (38.7 × 23.6 cm)

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Ancient Altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all'intorno), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate: 9 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (24.2 × 34.9 cm)

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Plate 24: Arch of Pola in Istria near the Gate (Arco di Pola in Istria vicino alla Porta), 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)

1745 · Etching

Plate: 5 × 10 1/4 in. (12.7 × 26.1 cm)

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Ancient Roman forum surrounded by porticoes, with loggias, some of which communicate with the Imperial Palace and others with the prisons... (Foro antico romano circondata da portici, con logge, alcune delle quali si uniscono al Palazzo Imperiale...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 9 9/16 × 14 3/16 in. (24.3 × 36 cm)

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Magnificent bridge with loggias, and arches erected by a Roman Emperor... (Ponte magnfiico con Logge, ed Archi erretto da un Imperatore Romane...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 9 3/8 × 14 1/8 in. (23.8 × 35.8 cm)

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Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans, and niches adorned with statues (Sala all'uso degli antichi Romani con Colonne, e nicchie ornate di Statue), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 9 5/8 × 14 7/16 in. (24.5 × 36.6 cm)

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Camera sepolcrale inventata e disegnata conforme al costume, e all'antica magnificenza degl'Imperatori Romani... (Imaginary sepulcral chamber designed according to the fashion and ancient magnficence of the Roman Emperors...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate: 15 13/16 x 10 15/16 in. (40.2 x 27.8 cm)

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Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above... (Galleria grande di Statue, la cui struttura è con Archi e col lume preso dall'alto...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 14 1/16 × 9 13/16 in. (35.7 × 24.9 cm)

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Stairways adorned by magnificient architecture... (Gruppo di Scale ornato di magnifica Architettura...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Plate (Image): 9 5/8 × 14 9/16 in. (24.5 × 37 cm)

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The Piazza di Spagna (Veduta di Piazza di Spagna)

1745 · Etching

Plate: 15 15/16 × 30 1/16 in. (40.5 × 76.4 cm)

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View of the palace of the illustrious Barberini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1745 · Etching; first state of five (Hind)

Sheet: 19 1/8 x 27 5/16 in. (48.5 x 69.4 cm)

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View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1745 · Etching; first state of four (Hind)

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (52 x 77.5 cm)

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Interior view of the ancient Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles from Rome..., from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1745 · Etching; second state of four (Hind)

Sheet: 21 1/16 x 30 1/8 in. (53.5 x 76.5 cm)

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View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian ouside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1745 · Etching; first state of four (Hind)

Sheet: 19 5/16 x 28 3/4 in. (49 x 73 cm)

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View of the Façade of the Basilica of S. Croce in Gerusalemme [the Holy Cross in Jerusalem], from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1745 · Etching; first state of six (Hind)

Sheet: 21 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (53.6 x 76.5 cm)

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The Piazza del Popolo (Veduta della Piazza del Popolo), from "Vedute di Roma"

1745 · Etching

image: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 in. (38 x 54 cm)

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Frontispiece from "Prima Parte di Architetture, e Prospettive"

1745 · Etching

Sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 1/16 in. (40.2 x 25.5 cm)

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Marmerblokken, een antieke torso en een schaal

1745 · pen on paper, ink, chalk

width: 186 cm, height: 152 cm

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A Battle of Nude Men

1744 · pen and dark brown ink with brown and gray-brown wash over red chalk on laid paper pasted down on the remains of the artist's original mount

sheet: 25.8 × 18.4 cm (10 3/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

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Scherzo with Antique Figures

1744 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk on laid paper pasted down on the remains of the artist's original mount

sheet: 25.8 × 19.3 cm (10 3/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

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S. Giovanni in Laterano, main façade, with Palace and Scala Santa on the right (Veduta della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano), from "Vedute di Roma"

1744 · Etching

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Rovine d' antichi Edifizj

1743 · etching, engraving, drypoint, scratching

plate: 36.1 x 23.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

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Plate 10: 'The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps [...]' (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini [...]), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

1743 · Etching

Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 7/16 in. (27 x 36.6 cm)

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Plate 6: 'Ruins of an ancient tomb in front of ruins of an ancient aqueduct; above the arches of the latter is the channel which conveyed the water to Rome' (Ruine de sepolcro antico posto dinanzi ad altre ruine d'un Acquedotto pure antico; sopra gli archi del medesimo v'è il canale, per cui si conduceva l'acqua in Roma), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

1743 · Etching

Sheet: 14 9/16 x 9 5/8 in. (37 x 24.5 cm)

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Plate 7: 'Ancient altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins' (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all' intorno), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

1743 · Etching

Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 13/16 in. (24.7 x 35.1 cm)

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Plate 9: 'Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans, and niches adorned witn statues' (Sala all'uso degli antichi Romani con colonne, e nicchie ornate di statue), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

1743 · Etching

Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 9/16 in. (26.5 x 37 cm)

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Plate 3: 'Ancient mausoleum erected for the ashes of a Roman emperor' (Mausoleo antico eretto per le ceneri d'un imperadore romano), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

1743 · Etching

Sheet: 15 5/16 x 10 1/8 in. (38.9 x 25.7 cm)

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Iscrizione nei lati del Ponte di Rimino (Inscription on the side of the Rimini Bridge) followed by an index of plates in the volume, from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"

1743 · Etching

Plate: 9 1/4 × 14 7/16 in. (23.5 × 36.7 cm)

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Plate 10: Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (Jupiter the Supporter). 1. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. 2. Temple of Peace. (Vestigi del Tempio di Giove Statore. 1. Tempio d'Antonino e Faustina. 2. Tempio della Pace.), 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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