Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

1800 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint

National Gallery of Art

The Gothic Arch

1800 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

sheet: 53.98 × 70.49 cm (21 1/4 × 27 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

1800 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Smoking Fire

1800 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Pier with a Lamp

1780 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing [date should be read as "published 1780s"]

National Gallery of Art

The Sawhorse

1780 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching [date should be read as "published 1780s"]

National Gallery of Art

The Drawbridge

1780 · etching, engraving, scratching [date should be read as "published 1780s"]

plate: 54.7 x 41.1 cm (21 9/16 x 16 3/16 in.) sheet: 68.3 x 53 cm (26 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Giant Wheel

1780 · etching, engraving [date should be read as "published 1780s"]

National Gallery of Art

The Round Tower

1780 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing [date should be read as "published 1780s"]

National Gallery of Art

The Grand Piazza

1780 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing [date should be read as "published 1780s"]

National Gallery of Art

A., B. View of the remains of the two rows of columns in the Temple of Neptune which originally formed the colonnades along the sides of the cella, and supported the uppermost part of the roof, from Different views of Paestum

1778 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 49.8 × 67.5 cm (19 5/8 × 26 5/8 in.); Plate: 50.3 × 68.4 cm (19 13/16 × 26 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.5 × 71.5 cm (20 11/16 × 28 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Remains of the Cella of the Temple of Neptune, from Different views of Paestum

1778 · Etching on ivory laid paper

450 × 670 mm (image): 478 × 677 mm (plate); 562 × 762 mm (sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rear view of the remains of the pronaos of the Temple of Neptune, drawn in the two preceding plates, from Different views of Paestum

1778 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 46.9 × 66 cm (18 1/2 × 26 in.); Plate: 49.5 × 66.8 cm (19 1/2 × 26 5/16 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 76.3 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/16 in.)

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Interior view of the remains of one of the pronaoi of the Temple of Neptune which faces inland, from Different views of Paestum

1778 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 49.5 × 67.5 cm (19 1/2 × 26 5/8 in.); Plate: 50.4 × 68.2 cm (19 7/8 × 26 7/8 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 76.3 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Remains of the Two Rows of Columns in the Temple of Neptune which [originally] formed the colonnades along the sides of the cella, and supported the uppermost part of the roof, from Different views of Paestum

1778 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 49.5 × 67.1 cm (19 1/2 × 26 7/16 in.); Plate: 50 × 67.7 cm (19 11/16 × 26 11/16 in.); Sheet: 55.8 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Interior view of the so-called College des Anfictions, from Different views of Paestum

1778 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 45.6 × 67.4 cm (18 × 26 9/16 in.); Plate: 48.2 × 68.2 cm (19 × 26 7/8 in.); Sheet: 56.3 × 76.5 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Interior View of the Temple Which is Believed to Have Been Dedicated to Juno, from Different views of Paestum

1778 · Etching on ivory laid paper

Image: 47.2 × 67 cm (18 5/8 × 26 7/16 in.); Plate: 48 × 68 cm (18 15/16 × 26 13/16 in.); Sheet: 56.2 × 76.5 cm (22 3/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View through the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii

1778 · Pen and brown ink over black chalk

11 x 16 3/4 in. (28 x 42.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vase decorated with a Bacchanalian frieze, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

1778 · Etching

Plate: 20 11/16 x 15 3/16 in. (52.5 x 38.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Large marble vase decorated with a relief of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

1778 · Etching

Plate: 20 11/16 x 15 3/16 in. (52.5 x 38.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Large vase found at the Pantanello, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, in 1770 (The 'Warwick Vase'), from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. I" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

1778 · Etching

Sheet: 21 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (55 x 80 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

1778 · Etching

Sheet: 19 7/8 x 28 3/4 in. (50.5 x 73 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The "Canopus" of the Villa Adriana at Tivoli

1776 · red chalk over black chalk on heavy laid paper

overall: 38.9 × 53.8 cm (15 5/16 × 21 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Veduta ... delle Terme di Tito

1776 · etching on laid paper

plate: 48.7 x 70.3 cm (19 3/16 x 27 11/16 in.) sheet: 53.8 x 77 cm (21 3/16 x 30 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of the ancient structure built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido, and like others, built by Marcus Agrippa in the time of Augustus when he cleaned all of the sewers leading to the Tiber, from Views of Rome

1776 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 43.1 × 66.5 cm (17 × 26 3/16 in.); Plate: 44.9 × 67.2 cm (17 11/16 × 26 1/2 in.); Sheet: 53.2 × 74.9 cm (21 × 29 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome

1776 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 49 × 70.3 cm (19 5/16 × 27 11/16 in.); Plate: 49.5 × 71 cm (19 1/2 × 28 in.); Sheet: 51.6 × 71.8 cm (20 3/8 × 28 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo, from: 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome)

1776 · Etching

Sheet: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome

1776 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 49 × 70.3 cm (19 5/16 × 27 11/16 in.); Plate: 49.5 × 71 cm (19 1/2 × 28 in.); Sheet: 51.6 × 71.8 cm (20 3/8 × 28 5/16 in.)

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Veduta delle Terme di Tito

1775 · etching on laid paper

plate: 49.2 x 71.6 cm (19 3/8 x 28 3/16 in.) sheet: 53.9 x 77.2 cm (21 1/4 x 30 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of Visible Remains of the Baths of Diocletian, from Views of Rome

1774 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 42.2 × 68.8 cm (16 5/8 × 27 1/8 in.); Plate: 44.7 × 69.9 cm (17 5/8 × 27 9/16 in.); Sheet: 49.8 × 72.5 cm (19 5/8 × 28 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the So-Called Temple of Concord, from Views of Rome

1774 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 46.2 × 69.2 cm (18 1/4 × 27 1/4 in.); Plate: 47 × 70 cm (18 9/16 × 27 9/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 72.6 cm (21 7/8 × 28 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Remains of a room belonging to the Praetorian Fort at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1774 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 43.6 × 57.6 cm (17 3/16 × 22 11/16 in.); Plate: 44.5 × 58.7 cm (17 9/16 × 23 1/8 in.); Sheet: 51.3 × 65.3 cm (20 1/4 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of Visible Remains of the Baths of Diocletian at S. Maria degli Angeli, from Views of Rome

1774 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 45.9 × 69.4 cm (18 1/8 × 27 3/8 in.); Plate: 46.9 × 70 cm (18 1/2 × 27 9/16 in.); Sheet: 52.6 × 76 cm (20 3/4 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title page, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)

1774 · Etching

Plate: 17 1/2 x 27 7/16 in. (44.5 x 69.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

1773 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 48.5 × 67.3 cm (19 1/8 × 26 1/2 in.); Plate: 49 × 67.9 cm (19 5/16 × 26 3/4 in.); Sheet: 56 × 78.4 cm (22 1/16 × 30 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Temple of the Camenae, from Views of Rome

1773 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 46.9 × 70.4 cm (18 1/2 × 27 3/4 in.); Plate: 47.8 × 71.4 cm (18 7/8 × 28 1/8 in.); Sheet: 56 × 79.4 cm (22 1/16 × 31 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1773 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 46.6 × 70.1 cm (18 3/8 × 27 5/8 in.); Plate: 47.1 × 70.5 cm (18 9/16 × 27 13/16 in.); Sheet: 55 × 77.7 cm (21 11/16 × 30 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Various Lamps and a vase encusted with cameos, from Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps and ornaments designed and etched by Cavaliere Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

1773 · Etching

Sheet: 16 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (41 x 57.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the Arch of Septimius Severus, from Views of Rome

1772 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 46.9 × 70.7 cm (18 1/2 × 27 7/8 in.); Plate: 47.9 × 71.6 cm (18 7/8 × 28 1/4 in.); Sheet: 56.2 × 78.8 cm (22 3/16 × 31 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Campo Vaccino, from Views of Rome

1772 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 46 × 71 cm (18 1/8 × 28 in.); Plate: 48 × 71.5 cm (18 15/16 × 28 3/16 in.); Sheet: 56 × 78.5 cm (22 1/16 × 30 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Octagonal Room in the Small Baths at the Villa of Hadrian (Tivoli)

1772 · Red chalk over black chalk or charcoal with partly ruled construction; sheet glued onto secondary paper support

15 1/2 x 21 3/4in. (39.4 x 55.3cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the Arch of Titus, from Views of Rome

1771 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 47.5 × 70.8 cm (18 3/4 × 27 7/8 in.); Plate: 47.7 × 71.1 cm (18 13/16 × 28 in.); Sheet: 53.3 × 75.9 cm (21 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Arch of Constantine, from Views of Rome

1771 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 47.1 × 70.6 cm (18 9/16 × 27 13/16 in.); Plate: 48 × 71.5 cm (18 15/16 × 28 3/16 in.); Sheet: 51.1 × 74.3 cm (20 1/8 × 29 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro (Piazza of Gold) (Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una delle Piazze della Villa Adriana oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro)

1771 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro (Piazza of Gold) (Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una delle Piazze della Villa Adriana oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro)

1771 · Etching

sheet: 18 5/8 x 24 1/2 in. (47.3 x 62.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Workmen at Tables (recto)

1770 · pen and black/brown ink on laid paper

sheet: 21.1 × 34.7 cm (8 5/16 × 13 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of the Remains of the Forum of Nerva, from Views of Rome

1770 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 47.4 × 71 cm (18 11/16 × 28 in.); Plate: 48 × 71.5 cm (18 15/16 × 28 3/16 in.); Sheet: 56 × 78.8 cm (22 1/16 × 31 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1770 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 36.6 × 64.9 cm (14 7/16 × 25 9/16 in.); Plate: 37.3 × 65.6 cm (14 11/16 × 25 7/8 in.); Sheet: 56 × 72.4 cm (22 1/16 × 28 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago