Artworks · Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Temple of Vespasian and Titus (Veduta del Tempio di Giove Tonante)

1751 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

S. Constanza (erroneously callled Temple of Bacchus) (Veduta interna del Sepolcro di S. Constanza, fabbricato da Costantino Magno, ed erroneamente detto il Tempio di Bacco, inoggi Chiesa della medisme Santa), from "Vedute di Roma"

1751 · Etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Temple of Vespian (Veduta del Tempio di giove Tonante)

1751 · etching

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

1751 · Etching; first state of three (Hind)

Sheet: 20 11/16 x 27 9/16 in. (52.5 x 70 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plan of Rome..., from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities)

1751 · Etching

Sheet: 19 1/8 x 27 3/8 in. (48.5 x 69.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragment of a Lion Bas-Relief (verso)

1750 · red chalk on laid paper

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

National Gallery of Art

Appartenenze d'antiche terme con scale che conducono alla palestar, e al teatro

1750 · etching on laid paper

plate: 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.) sheet: 23.4 x 37.2 cm (9 3/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portici tirati dintorno ad un Foro con palazzo regio

1750 · etching on laid paper

plate: 16.1 x 21.9 cm (6 5/16 x 8 5/8 in.) sheet: 23.2 x 31.3 cm (9 1/8 x 12 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Portico of the Pantheon

1750 · pen and dark brown ink with gray and gray-brown wash over red chalk, on three pieces of paper glued together vertically

Overall: 21 x 30 cm (8 1/4 x 11 13/16 in.) left section: 21.1 x 8.4 cm (8 5/16 x 3 5/16 in.) center section: 21 x 18.6 cm (8 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.) right section: 21 x 7.4 cm (8 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Pregnant Young Woman and a Young Man with a Staff

1750 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall: 8.8 x 9.2 cm (3 7/16 x 3 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

An Old Man with a Cape and a Rustic with a Backpack

1750 · pen and brown ink on laid paper

overall: 8.5 x 9.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Round Tower

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

A Gentleman with a Walking Stick

1750 · black chalk on laid paper

overall (approximate): 16.2 x 8.7 cm (6 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Monumental Tablet

1750 · etching, engraving, drypoint, scratching

overall: 39 x 53.7 cm (15 3/8 x 21 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Tomb of Nero

1750 · etching, engraving, drypoint, scratching

overall: 38.5 x 54 cm (15 3/16 x 21 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Skeletons

1750 · etching, engraving, drypoint, burnishing

overall: 38.9 x 54.6 cm (15 5/16 x 21 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Triumphal Arch

1750 · etching, engraving, drypoint, burnishing

overall: 38.8 x 54.1 cm (15 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Pier with Chains

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Well

1750 · etching, engraving, scratching, burnishing, and lavis

sheet: 45.1 x 59.7 cm (17 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Gothic Arch

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Pier with a Lamp

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Sawhorse

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, scratching

National Gallery of Art

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Arch with a Shell Ornament

1750 · etching, engraving, scratching, sulphur tint or open bite, drypoint

National Gallery of Art

The Drawbridge

1750 · etching, engraving, scratching

National Gallery of Art

The Giant Wheel

1750 · etching, engraving

National Gallery of Art

The Staircase with Trophies

1750 · etching, engraving

National Gallery of Art

Title Plate

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite

plate: 54 x 41.3 cm (21 1/4 x 16 1/4 in.) sheet: 59.6 x 45.6 cm (23 7/16 x 17 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Grand Piazza

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Smoking Fire

1750 · etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite, burnishing

National Gallery of Art

The Monumental Tablet

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Plate: 39.2 × 54 cm (15 7/16 × 21 5/16 in.); Sheet: 59.5 × 81.5 cm (23 7/16 × 32 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Opere Varie di Architetura; Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto Il Guercino

1750 · Book of 122 etchings on paper

Closed: 59.3 × 45 × 7.5 cm (23 3/8 × 17 3/4 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 52.9 × 40 cm (20 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Plate: 54.3 × 40.5 cm (21 7/16 × 16 in.); Sheet: 79.7 × 55.5 cm (31 7/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 41.5 × 55.1 cm (16 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 55.1 cm (16 3/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 80.5 cm (21 7/8 × 31 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 38.3 × 60.3 cm (15 1/8 × 23 3/4 in.); Plate: 40.5 × 60.7 cm (16 × 23 15/16 in.); Sheet: 55.7 × 80 cm (21 15/16 × 31 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Well, plate 13 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40 × 54.5 cm (15 3/4 × 21 1/2 in.); Plate: 40.7 × 55.2 cm (16 1/16 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.2 × 79.5 cm (21 3/4 × 31 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.8 × 55.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 41.4 × 55.9 cm (16 5/16 × 22 1/16 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 80.3 cm (21 7/8 × 31 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.9 × 55.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Plate: 40.9 × 55.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.2 × 77.2 cm (21 3/4 × 30 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.2 × 40.9 cm (21 3/8 × 16 1/8 in.); Plate: 55 × 41.5 cm (21 11/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 79.4 × 55.5 cm (31 5/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.3 × 39.5 cm (21 7/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 55 × 40.2 cm (21 11/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 78.8 × 56 cm (31 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Grand Piazza, plate 4 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.7 × 41.5 cm (21 9/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Plate: 54.7 × 41.5 cm (21 9/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 79.7 × 55.6 cm (31 7/16 × 21 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 53.5 × 39.4 cm (21 1/8 × 15 9/16 in.); Plate: 54.3 × 40 cm (21 7/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 80 × 55 cm (31 1/2 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.5 × 54.5 cm (16 × 21 1/2 in.); Plate: 41.3 × 55.3 cm (16 5/16 × 21 13/16 in.); Sheet: 55.8 × 79 cm (22 × 31 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.8 × 41.5 cm (21 5/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Plate: 54.8 × 41.5 cm (21 5/8 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 78.8 × 54.8 cm (31 1/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Drawbridge, plate 7 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 54.4 × 40.3 cm (21 7/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Plate: 55.5 × 41.1 cm (21 7/8 × 16 3/16 in.); Sheet: 78.2 × 56 cm (30 13/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from Imaginary Prisons

1750 · Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 40.8 × 54 cm (16 1/8 × 21 5/16 in.); Plate: 41.4 × 54.8 cm (16 5/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 55.8 × 80.9 cm (22 × 31 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1750 · Etching and engraving 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: 55.5 × 79.5 cm (21 7/8 × 31 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans [Jupiter the Thunderer], from Views of Rome

1750 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper

Image: 37.7 × 59.6 cm (14 7/8 × 23 1/2 in.); Plate: 40 × 60 cm (15 3/4 × 23 5/8 in.); Sheet: 47.5 × 67.2 cm (18 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago