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Artists›Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian

Artist

WA-00041987

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Artworks (10)

Etching. Figural letter. Capital S.

1770 · ephemera, print — etching

Platemark: 8.7 x 10.4 cm (3 7/16 x 4 1/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Ruins of the Mausoleum of Octavian Augustus, "Le Antichita Romane" II, 1756

1756 · print — etching

Platemark: 40 × 52.8 cm (15 3/4 × 20 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Avanco del Tempio della Concordia

1756 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sacrificial Offering in a Temple

1750 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash; framing lines in brown ink

Sheet: 14.3 x 9.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.); Secondary Support: 15.3 x 10.4 cm (6 x 4 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10

1749 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

Plate: 41.2 x 54.2 cm (16 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 49.5 x 63.4 cm (19 1/2 x 24 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Basilica of S. Lorenzo fuori le Mura, "Le Vedute di Roma" (1745-1778)

1748 · architecture, print — etching

37.6 x 65.5 cm (14 13/16 x 25 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Tempio di Diana

1748 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Tomb of Nero

1747 · etching with engraving and drypoint

Image and Plate: 39.1 x 55.3 cm (15 3/8 x 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 52.9 x 76.8 cm (20 13/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Prisons

1745 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tempio di Giove Tonante

1743 · etching and engraving

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

10 published of 50 catalogued · 50 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Cooper Hewitt
3 published3 img
+ 1 more source · 40 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Avanco del Tempio della Concordia
1756 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Tempio di Diana
1748 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Tempio di Giove Tonante
1743 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sacrificial Offering in a Temple
1750 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10
1749 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Tomb of Nero
1747 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Prisons
1745 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Met Museum

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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