Giovanni Battista Piranesi Prints

Veduta dell' famous Basilica Vaticana coll' wide Portico, and adjacent Piazza. Recorded. PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista. Rome, Italy, circa 1775. It has faults. Titled on a plate, th...

Pair of copperplate engravings by Piranesi printed on hand laid paper. The views are of the Greek temple complex at Paestum, Italy, and these works were the last series completed bef...

Giovan Battista Piranesi View of the Sepulchre of Cajo Cestius Circa 1756, Large-format Neoclassical etching on copper depicting the pyramid built between 18 and 12 BCE as the tomb ...

a matted and framed frontispiece engraving by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), Italy. 18th century

Antique 18th century Piranesi scenic architectural engraving print. Additional information: Materials: Engraving Color: Black Artis...

Giovanni Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) pair of framed marble vases etchings circa 1770s. This remarkable set of Piranesi copper-plate engravings date from the 18th century and are in excellent condition. These etchings are large and beautifully matted and framed. The frames are in a black with silver leaf trim coloration which adds a dramatic look to the engravings. The etchings are in very good antique condition. Shadow line...

The Forum of Nerva with the Two Half-Buried Corinthian Columns, from Views of Rome, after Giovanni Battista Piranesi ( Italian, 1720-1...

Pair framed antique architectural engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi on handmade laid paper. 18th century.

Pair of Italians prints depicting Classic Vases, Ponte Vecchio edition Dimensions: 93x70 cm with the frame from engravings by Giovan Battista Piranesi...

Artist name lower right in plate. A wonderful view of the famed piazza as it appeared in Piranesi's day, with all sorts of people and carriages in the square. From the "Veduta di Roma...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Spaccato Interno Della Basilica Di Paolo Fuori Mura "St Paul’s Basilica Engraving. (Mogliano 1720-1778 Rome) “Spaccato interno della Basilica di S. Paolo fuori delle mura”, 1749, etching on laid paper, signed Piranesi fecit in the plate, 41.2 x 60 cm, with broad margins along platemarks. One of the most important Italian printmakers of the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi concentrated on rendering ancient, modern, and even imaginary buildings. Born on the terra ferma near Venice, he was trained as an architect but rarely practiced; only one late church survives. At the age of twenty, he traveled to Rome in the company of the Venetian ambassador, and during his first three years in the city he learned etching and engraving. The city captivated his imagination, and he settled there permanently in 1747. His first imaginary works, the Carceri d’invenzione, which incorporated Roman architectural ideas into fantastic settings, date from 1745, when he was still in Venice, and prepared his way in the Roman printmaking world. In Rome, Piranesi became obsessed with depicting both the ancient and modern city, devoting himself to careful measurement before creating his monumental views. These two belong to the Vedute di Roma series begun in the late 1740s. The interior of the basilica of Saint Paul outside the walls shows its frescoes, papal portraits, and imperial Roman marble columns...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, 1720-1778) 'Veduta Interna della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano vicino alla Tribuna', 18th century, published circa 1773, etching with engravin...