Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A Man Leaning on a Structure

1760 · pen and dark brown ink on fragment of a printed title page

overall: 16.1 × 9.9 cm (6 5/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

View of the Remains of the Tomb of the Plautii on the Via Tiburtina, near the Ponte Lugano, two miles distant from Tivoli, from Views of Rome

1760 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 46 × 62.2 cm (18 1/8 × 24 1/2 in.); Plate: 46.3 × 62.5 cm (18 1/4 × 24 5/8 in.); Sheet: 56 × 78.5 cm (22 1/16 × 30 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Temple of Sol and Luna…, from Views of Rome (Tempi del Sole e della Luna, o come altri, d'Iside e Serapi, from Vedute di Roma)

1760 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 39.5 × 55.2 cm (15 9/16 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 41.4 × 55.7 cm (16 5/16 × 21 15/16 in.); Sheet: 52.8 × 74.6 cm (20 13/16 × 29 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the so-called Temple of Concord with the Temple of Saturn, on the right the Arch of Septimius Severus

1760 · Etching

sheet: 21 3/16 x 31 3/16 in. (53.8 x 79.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title-page for the 'Vedute di Roma' comprising a stone in the background inscribed with the title, a classical vase and fragments of columns in the foreground

1760 · Etching; fourth state of five

sheet: 20 13/16 x 30 3/16 in. (52.8 x 76.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the fountainhead and the Grotto of Egiria outside the Porta Capena

1760 · Etching; second state of five

sheet: 20 5/8 x 29 13/16 in. (52.4 x 75.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Piazza Navona, Rome, above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, the Church of Sant Agnese to the right, Bernini's fountain in the center, from "Vedute di Roma"

1760 · Etching

Sheet: 19 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (49.5 × 59 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Veduta interna dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia), in: 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome)

1760 · Etching

Plate: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The so-called Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli. Interior with two figures in the opening of an arch above. (Veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate)

1759 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A view of part of the intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London

1759 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A view of part of the intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London

1759 · Etching

Plate: 16 3/8 × 24 1/2 in. (41.6 × 62.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sheet of Sketches: Standing Man with Raised Arm, Cherubim

1758 · Pen and black ink, and charcoal, with traces of black chalk, on ivory laid paper

23.1 × 36.5 cm (9 1/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sheet of Sketches: Six Figures

1758 · Pen and black and gray ink on ivory laid paper

23.1 × 36.5 cm (9 1/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The so-called Temple of Salus, on the road to Albano (Tempio antico volgarmente detto della Salute)

1758 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico)

1758 · Pen and ink and gray wash

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lettere di Giustificazione scritte a Milord Charlemont e a' di lui Agenti di Roma

1757 · bound volume with 8 etched illustrations and presentation leaf

page size: 26.2 x 18.5 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.) overall size (volume closed): 26.8 x 19.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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

1757 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.2 × 60.8 cm (15 1/16 × 23 15/16 in.); Plate: 40.3 × 61.2 cm (15 7/8 × 24 1/8 in.); Sheet: 56 × 78.3 cm (22 1/16 × 30 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two churches near Trajan's column, S. Maria di Loreto and Santissimo Nome di Maria (Veduta delle due chiesa, l'una detta della Madonna di Loreto, l'altra del nome di Maria, presso la Colonna Trajana)

1757 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1757 · Etching; first state of five (Hind)

Sheet: 27 3/4 x 20 7/8 in. (70.5 x 53 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva, l'arcade et la muraille (The Forum of Augustus [erroneously called the Forum of Nerva])

1757 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Le Antichità Romane (volume II)

1756 · 1 vol: ill: etchings

National Gallery of Art

Le Antichità Romane (volume I)

1756 · 1 vol: ill: etchings

National Gallery of Art

Veduta del Ponte Salario

1756 · etching

National Gallery of Art

Cornice and column from the Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Tempio della Fortuna Virile), from 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 13/16 in. (51.8 x 37.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section of column base from the Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Tempio della Fortuna Virile), from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 13/16 in. (51.8 x 37.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plan and elevation of the Pons Fabricius (also known as the Quattro Capi Bridge), Rome, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 28 11/16 in. (52 x 72.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plan of a tomb on the Appian Way in Vigna Buonamici (Pianta di un sepolcro sull'antica Via Appia nella Vigna Buonamici), from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (52 x 37.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the stone pavement of the Appian Way (Veduta dell'antica Via Appia), from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (52 x 38.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title page: volume IV, 'The Antiquities of Rome by Giambatista Piranesi, Venetian Architect. Volume 4, containing the ancient bridges, the remains of theaters, of porticoes, and of other monuments of Rome' (Le antichità romane di Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano. Tomo quarto, contenente i ponti antichi, gli avanzi de' teatri, de' portici, e di altri monumenti di Roma), from the series 'Roman Antiquities' (Le Antichità Romane)

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (52.1 x 34.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the arches of the consuls Dolabella and Silanus enclosed within the Neronian arches of the Acqua Claudia, from the series 'Roman Antiquities' (Le Antichità Romane)

1756 · Etching

Plate: 5 5/16 x 7 7/8 in. (13.5 x 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Profile of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Profilo del Tempio della Fortuna Virile), and section of the temple, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 13/16 in. (51.8 x 37.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Partial elevation and plan of the first-order portico at the Theater of Marcellus (Dimostrazione di una parte de' portici del prim' ordine del Teatro di Marcello), from 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. (52 x 37.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elevation and plan of the second-order portico at the Theater of Marcellus (Teatro di Marcello), Rome, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 in. (52 x 37.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plan and facade of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Tempio della Fortuna Virile), from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. (51.8 x 37.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

1756 · Etching

Sheet: 20 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. (52 x 72 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the Temple of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1756 · Etching; first state of five (Hind)

Sheet: 21 1/16 x 29 3/4 in. (53.5 x 75.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marmerfragmenten met delen van een plattegrond van Rome

1756 · etching on paper

height: 387 cm, width: 466 cm

Rijksmuseum

Iscrizioni delle Camere sepolcrali de' Liberti e Servi, ec della Famiglia di Augusto

1756 · etching on paper

height: 395 cm, width: 479 cm

Rijksmuseum

Le Antichità Romane

1756 · etching on paper

width: 477 cm, height: 398 cm

Rijksmuseum

Fantasy of an Ancient Bath

1755 · pen and brown ink with gray wash and traces of red chalk, on laid paper pasted down on the remains of Piranesi's original mount

sheet: 13.7 x 20 cm (5 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Arch of Titus (Veduta dell'Arco di Tito)

1755 · Etching

Plate: 15 15/16 × 24 5/16 in. (40.5 × 61.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Temple of Venus and Roma (erroneously called Temple of Sol and Luna) (Veduta degli avanzi di due triclini che appartenevano alla Casa aurea di Nerone), from "Vedute di Roma"

1754 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Arch of Septimius Severus, with the Church of S. Martina on the right (Arco di Settimio Severo), from "Vedute di Roma"

1754 · Etching; first state

plate: 14 5/8 x 22 5/8 in. (37.2 x 57.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The so-called Temple of Fortuna Virilis (now Church of S. Maria Egizziaca) (Veduta del Tempio della Fortuna Virile)

1753 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

View of the Temple of Cybele in the Piazza of the Bocca della Verità (Veduta del Tempio di Cibele a Piazza della Bocca della Verità)

1753 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Basilica of Constantine (Veduta degli avanzi della Casa aurea di Nerone, detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace), from "Vedute di Roma"

1752 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Theatre of Marcellus (Teatro di Marcello), from "Vedute di Roma"

1752 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Arch of Septimius Severus (Arco di Severo, e Caracalla)

1751 · Etching

Plate: 4 1/2 × 10 11/16 in. (11.5 × 27.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art