Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Chimneypiece: Affronted griffons on the lintel and candelabra on the jambs (Ch. accompagnée de son plan et décorée d'une frise de griffons), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)

1764 · Etching

Sheet: 16 1/8 x 21 7/16 in. (41 x 54.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chimneypiece: Architrave decorated with a Greek key motif and a circular fireback with figures of the zodiac (Ch. décorée d'une grecque), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)

1764 · Etching

Sheet: 17 11/16 x 21 1/4 in. (45 x 54 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style, from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini (...) (Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)

1764 · Etching

Sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 9/16 in. (40 x 54.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A sedan chair, a coach, a commode, a side table and two clocks (Deux ch. à porteurs v. de côté, une commode, une console, deux pedules, un meuble indét), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)

1764 · Etching

Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/16 in. (55 x 38.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hadrian's Villa: The Canopus (Avanzi del Tempio Dio Canopo nella Villa Adriana in Tivoli)

1764 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio, from Views of Rome

1763 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 45 × 65.8 cm (17 3/4 × 25 15/16 in.); Plate: 45.8 × 66.5 cm (18 1/16 × 26 3/16 in.); Sheet: 51 × 69.6 cm (20 1/8 × 27 7/16 in.)

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Ancient temple commonly called the Temple of Health on the Via d'Albano five miles outside Rome, from Views of Rome

1763 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.6 × 55.3 cm (16 × 21 13/16 in.); Plate: 41.3 × 55.9 cm (16 5/16 × 22 1/16 in.); Sheet: 49 × 62 cm (19 5/16 × 24 7/16 in.)

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View of the So-Called Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough) on the Via Tiburtina a mile from Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1763 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 44 × 57.7 cm (17 3/8 × 22 3/4 in.); Plate: 44.5 × 58.4 cm (17 9/16 × 23 in.); Sheet: 56 × 79 cm (22 1/16 × 31 1/8 in.)

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Ancient temple commonly called the Temple of Health on the Via d'Albano five miles outside Rome, from Views of Rome

1763 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.5 × 55.3 cm (16 × 21 13/16 in.); Plate: 41.1 × 56 cm (16 3/16 × 22 1/16 in.); Sheet: 56 × 78.7 cm (22 1/16 × 31 in.)

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Remains of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1763 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 45 × 66.7 cm (17 3/4 × 26 5/16 in.); Plate: 45.5 × 67.2 cm (17 15/16 × 26 1/2 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 78.4 cm (21 7/8 × 30 7/8 in.)

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Avanzi del Tempio detto di Apollo nella Villa Adriana vicino a Tivoli (Hadrian's Villa. Remains of the Smaller Palace [Formerly called the Temple of Apollo])

1763 · Etching

sheet: 18 5/8 x 24 3/8 in. (47.3 x 61.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

S. Giovanni in Laterano. Interior

1763 · Etching

Plate: 17 x 26 1/4 in.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio, from Views of Rome

1763 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 45.2 × 66.1 cm (17 13/16 × 26 1/16 in.); Plate: 46.1 × 66.9 cm (18 3/16 × 26 3/8 in.); Sheet: 49.8 × 72.9 cm (19 5/8 × 28 3/4 in.)

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Lapides Capitolini; Le Rovine dell Castello dell'Acqua Giula; Antichità di Cora

1762 · 3 works bound in 1 vol: etchings

National Gallery of Art

View of Two Churches, One Called 1. S. Maria di Loreto, the other 2. The Name of Mary, near 3. Trajan's Column. 4. The ascent to the Quirinal, from Views of Rome

1762 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 42.4 × 68.4 cm (16 3/4 × 26 15/16 in.); Plate: 43 × 68.8 cm (16 15/16 × 27 1/8 in.); Sheet: 46.5 × 70.2 cm (18 5/16 × 27 11/16 in.)

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View of the Ponte Molle [or Milvian Bridge] over the Tiber two miles outside Rome, from Views of Rome

1762 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 43.7 × 67.5 cm (17 1/4 × 26 5/8 in.); Plate: 44 × 67.7 cm (17 3/8 × 26 11/16 in.); Sheet: 56.2 × 78.8 cm (22 3/16 × 31 1/16 in.)

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The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London

1762 · Book with forty-nine etchings in black on ivory wove paper

Closed: 58 × 43 × 2.4 cm (22 7/8 × 16 15/16 × 1 in.); Open: 83.7 × 58 cm (33 × 22 7/8 in.)

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Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Views of Rome

1762 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 44.7 × 62.7 cm (17 5/8 × 24 11/16 in.); Plate: 45.5 × 63.5 cm (17 15/16 × 25 in.); Sheet: 54 × 74.3 cm (21 5/16 × 29 5/16 in.)

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The Remains of the Mausoleum of Augustus, plate XXI from The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome

1762 · Etching in black ink on cream laid paper

Plate: 21.5 × 35.4 cm (8 1/2 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 39.7 × 53.3 cm (15 11/16 × 21 in.)

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The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of S. Urban, interior (Veduta interna dell antico Tempio di Bacco, or. di S. Urbano)

1762 · Etching

sheet: 16 5/8 x 23 3/4 in. (42.2 x 60.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lion Bas-Reliefs

1761 · etching and engraving on laid paper

sheet: 76.7 x 53.6 cm (30 3/16 x 21 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Round Tower

1761 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, and burnishing on laid paper

sheet: 76.7 x 53.6 cm (30 3/16 x 21 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Della Magnificenza ed Archittetura; Osservazioni; E Parere su l'Architettura

1761 · 3 works bound in 1 vol: etchings

National Gallery of Art

The Drawbridge, plate 7 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.9 × 40.8 cm (21 5/8 × 16 1/8 in.); Plate: 55.5 × 41.1 cm (21 7/8 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 79.2 × 59 cm (31 3/16 × 23 1/4 in.)

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The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 53.7 × 39.4 cm (21 3/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 54.4 × 40.1 cm (21 7/16 × 15 13/16 in.); Sheet: 78.7 × 57.7 cm (31 × 22 3/4 in.)

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The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.3 × 39.4 cm (21 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 55 × 40.3 cm (21 11/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 78.9 × 58.4 cm (31 1/8 × 23 in.)

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The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40 × 54.3 cm (15 3/4 × 21 7/16 in.); Plate: 40.8 × 55 cm (16 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 58.5 × 77.7 cm (23 1/16 × 30 5/8 in.)

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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 41 × 54 cm (16 3/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 54.8 cm (16 3/8 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 78.7 cm (23 1/4 × 31 in.)

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The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.8 × 55 cm (16 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.); Plate: 41.4 × 55.6 cm (16 5/16 × 21 15/16 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 76.9 cm (23 1/8 × 30 5/16 in.)

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The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.7 × 54 cm (16 1/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 54.8 cm (16 3/8 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 59 × 78.5 cm (23 1/4 × 30 15/16 in.)

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The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.9 × 55 cm (16 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.); Plate: 40.9 × 55 cm (16 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 58.5 × 77.8 cm (23 1/16 × 30 11/16 in.)

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View of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1761 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.3 × 63.5 cm (15 7/8 × 25 in.); Plate: 42.5 × 63.7 cm (16 3/4 × 25 1/8 in.); Sheet: 54.2 × 79.2 cm (21 3/8 × 31 3/16 in.)

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View of the Pantheon of Agrippa, today S. Maria ad Martyres, from Views of Rome

1761 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 47 × 68.8 cm (18 9/16 × 27 1/8 in.); Plate: 47.3 × 69.2 cm (18 5/8 × 27 1/4 in.); Sheet: 55.3 × 77.5 cm (21 13/16 × 30 9/16 in.)

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Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1761 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 44.2 × 66 cm (17 7/16 × 26 in.); Plate: 44.8 × 66.5 cm (17 11/16 × 26 3/16 in.); Sheet: 55.8 × 79.4 cm (22 × 31 5/16 in.)

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Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1761 · Etching on heavy laid paper

Image: 62.1 × 43.8 cm (24 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.); Plate: 62.6 × 44.3 cm (24 11/16 × 17 1/2 in.); Sheet: 79.2 × 56.4 cm (31 3/16 × 22 1/4 in.)

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The Round Tower, plate 3 from the second edition of Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

1761 · Etching, engraving, sulphur tint, and burnishing in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 54.2 × 41 cm (21 3/8 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 54.9 × 41.6 cm (21 5/8 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 56.1 × 42.5 cm (22 1/8 × 16 3/4 in.)

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The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.5 × 41 cm (21 1/2 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 55.1 × 41.8 cm (21 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.); Sheet: 78.5 × 58.5 cm (30 15/16 × 23 1/16 in.)

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The Well, plate 13 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40 × 54.4 cm (15 3/4 × 21 7/16 in.); Plate: 40.6 × 55 cm (16 × 21 11/16 in.); Sheet: 41.8 × 56.5 cm (16 1/2 × 22 1/4 in.)

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The Grand Piazza, plate 4 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54 × 41 cm (21 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 54.8 × 41.6 cm (21 5/8 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 79 × 58.4 cm (31 1/8 × 23 in.)

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The Man on the Rack, plate 2 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 55.7 × 41.7 cm (21 15/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Plate: 56.2 × 41.7 cm (22 3/16 × 16 7/16 in.); Sheet: 78.8 × 58.3 cm (31 1/16 × 23 in.)

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Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54 × 41 cm (21 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Plate: 54.8 × 41.5 cm (21 5/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 78.7 × 58.5 cm (31 × 23 1/16 in.)

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Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1761 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 61.5 × 43.5 cm (24 1/4 × 17 3/16 in.); Plate: 62 × 44 cm (24 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet: 67 × 48.5 cm (26 7/16 × 19 1/8 in.)

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Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoportiucus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1761 · Etching; second state of four (Hind)

Sheet: 20 11/16 x 28 15/16 in. (52.5 x 73.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1761 · Etching; first state of four (Hind)

Sheet: 20 11/16 x 26 9/16 in. (52.5 x 67.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The so-called Grotto of Egeria (Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena)

1761 · Etching

sheet: 16 x 27 1/4 in. (40.6 x 69.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.5 × 40 cm (21 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.); Plate: 55.3 × 40.8 cm (21 13/16 × 16 1/8 in.); Sheet: 78.1 × 59 cm (30 3/4 × 23 1/4 in.)

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The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.8 × 54.7 cm (16 1/8 × 21 9/16 in.); Plate: 41.3 × 55.3 cm (16 5/16 × 21 13/16 in.); Sheet: 59 × 77.8 cm (23 1/4 × 30 11/16 in.)

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The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons

1761 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Plate: 56.6 × 41.4 cm (22 5/16 × 16 5/16 in.); Sheet: 78.9 × 58.5 cm (31 1/8 × 23 1/16 in.)

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