Artist: Francesco Piranesi ( - )
Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Francesco Piranesi Title: Portrait of G.B. Piranesi Date: 1790 Medium: engraving Dimensions: H.20 x
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Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter’s on Good Friday, Francesco Piranesi (Italy, Rome, 1758 - 1810)  (Artist), 1787, Etching (by Piranesi) and watercolor (by Desprez)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Francesco Polanzani (Venice, 1700 - 1783)  (Artist), 1750, Etching
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Francesco Piranesi Mars, from an antique sculpture in the Villa Ludovisi Engraving 1783
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Francesco Piranesi [Scenographia...]from Descrizione e disegno dell Emissario del Lago Albano Etching 1762
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Francesco Piranesi Constructions of Claudius in his Villa on Monte Albano..., pl. X from Descrizione e disegno dell Emissario del LagoAlbano Etching 1762
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Francesco (Felice) Polanzani Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, from the series Le Antichit‡ di Roma (The Antiquities of Rome) Etching 1750
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Herbert Ferber - Homage to Piranesi V 1965-1966 copper National Gallery of Art American
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Francesco Piranesi - Monumental Tablet mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - Egyptian Obelisk 1750 etchin Arkansas Arts Center Italian
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Round Tower, plate 3 of Carceri, ca. 1749-60 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, b. Mogliano
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Studies of Four Figures
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Francesco Piranesi - View of the Exterior of St. Peter's mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - Imaginary Palace Façade mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - View of Campidoglio Square 1750 etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - Side View of the Capitoline Hill mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - View of Castel S. Angelo and Bridge mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - View of the Interior Tomb of St. Costanza mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - Propaganda Fide Boarding School 1790 etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - View of the Cajo Cestio Sepulchre 1780 etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Piramide di C.Cestio etching 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Veduta del Sepolchro di Pisone etching 18th century
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Laura Piranesi Veduta della Rotonda (View of the Pantheon in Rome) Etching 19th century
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Francesco Piranesi - One of the Shorter Sides of the Sarcophagus of Alessandro Severus mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Francesco Piranesi - View of the Customs House on the Piazza di Pietra after 1748 etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Veduta interna del Colosseo (Interior view of the Colosseum) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) Etching 1788
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Francesco Piranesi - Ponte Febricio, today called Quattro Capi mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Giovannia Battista Piranesi Title: Side Table Date: about 1768 Medium: gilt oak, limewood, marble
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi Veduta interna del Panteon vulgarmente detto la Rotunda (Interior of the Pantheon commonly called the Rotunda) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) Etching 1768
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Laura Piranesi Veduta del Tempio di Antonino, oggi Dogana di Terra (View of the Temple of Antoninus, now the Land Customs Office) Etching 19th century
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Francesco Piranesi - Perspective View of Antique Candelabrum in the Collection of Thomas Jenkins mid 18th centur etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Vue d'une cour intérieur d'un palais (1963) by PIRANESI Giovanni Battista (d'après)
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The Well, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
J. Paul Getty Museum -
An Ancient Port
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Title: Great Piazza and Basilica of St. Peter"s from the "Le
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Title: The Lion Bas Reliefs, from The Prisons Series Date: 1761
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The Man on the Rack, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Sawhorse, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Sawhorse, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Pier with a Lamp, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Draw Bridge, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Gothic Arch, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Smoking Fire, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Giant Wheel, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Pier with Chains, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Grand Piazza, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Lion Bas-Reliefs, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Round Tower, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Staircase with Trophies, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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Title Page, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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View of the Baths of Titus., Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1775, Etching
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The Arch with Rocaille Ornament, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1761, Etching
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Map of Rome and the Campo Marzio, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1774, Etching
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Francesco Piranesi - Veduta del presente stato dell' interno Pronao del tempio d' Ercole netta citta 1750 etching Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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View of the Arch of Septimus Severus., Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1772, Etching
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The Skeletons, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1747, Etching, engraving, drypoint, and burnishing
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A Magnificent Port, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, Mogliano, 1720 - 1778) , circa 1750, Etching, engraving and drypoint
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Title: View of the Flavian Amphiteatre Date: 18th century Medium: etching

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (10)
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Picturing the Past: Piranesi to Pearlstein
As early as the Renaissance, the study of famous works of art of the Greek and Roman civilizations was an essential part of an artists education. The city of Rome was an important destination for anyone who ...
National Gallery of Art: The Unfinished Print: Works by Rembrandt, Piranesi, Degas, Munch and Others
The exhibition opens in conjunction with Jasper Johns: Prints from Four Decades and American Naive Paintings, which will be on view during the same period in adjacent galleries. ...
Museum of Fine Art Houston: Art of Rome in the 18th Century
In the 18th century, Rome's civic and religious leaders commissioned exceptional artists from throughout Europe to construct and embellish churches, palaces, fountains, public ...
Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona: Requiem for the Staircase: Curated by Architect Oscar Tusquets
Professor Juan Antonio Ramirez has selected a few very important paintings and drawings representing the entire history of art, in which each of the stairways has been represented by great artists. These are accompanied by film footage and lit...
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University: The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of European and American Art
The Changing Garden presents nearly 200 works—prints, drawings, paintings, and photographs—by more than 100 artists. The exhibition includes great names from art history, such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Jean-Honoré Fr...
Frick Collection: When is a Work of Art Complete: Prints by Rembrandt, Piranesi, Degas, Munch and More
In the process of printmaking, an artist will normally take proof impressions as he makes changes to his plate. These proof states, as will be apparent through many groupings in the exhibition, can establish an exact record of the image in the pr...
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford: Enclosed and Enchanted
United by an interest in architecture and how the outside world can be reconfigured in the context of the gallery, these artists examine the duality in man-made, yet natural, spaces. The result is a kind of double enclosure, in which the appropria...
Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Splendor of 18th-Century Rome
A strong sense of their city's cultural centrality encouraged Rome's 18th-century civic and religious leaders to construct or embellish numerous churches, palaces, fountains, public plazas (piazze), gardens and gallerie...
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Paul Noble: No accidents, only mistakes
No accidents, only mistakes The city has been designed and built on ruins by invisible citizens demonstrating a ‘knock-it-down-and-start-again-spirit’. It reveals the influence of the Garden City Movement on twentieth century town planning, ...
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Triumphs of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe, 1600-1750
The Baroque style was born in Rome about 1630 and spread throughout Catholic Europe, then in a state of upheaval brought about by divisive religious conflicts. The Europe of the Hapsburgs was threatened by the rise of...

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