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Interior view of the ancient Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles from Rome, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1767
Art Institute of Chicago

Veduta della Cascata di Tivoli
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
etching · 1766
National Gallery of Art

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1766
Art Institute of Chicago

Interior view of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on ivory laid paper · 1766
Art Institute of Chicago

Interior view of the Colosseum, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1766
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Grand Cascade at Tivoli, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on ivory laid paper · 1766
Art Institute of Chicago

A Young Man with a Staff
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper · 1765
National Gallery of Art

Fantasy on a Magnificent Triumphal Artch
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
pen and brown ink, heightened with reed pen and brown ink, some brown wash (laid on eighteenth-century card) · 1765
National Gallery of Art
![Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome](/api/images/artworks/aic/59980.jpg)
Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1765
Art Institute of Chicago
![Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome](/api/images/artworks/aic/64522.jpg)
Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1765
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Grand Cascade at Tivoli, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1765
Art Institute of Chicago
![Ruins of the Antonine Baths [Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome](/api/images/artworks/aic/64537.jpg)
Ruins of the Antonine Baths [Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1765
Art Institute of Chicago

Prospettiva della Scala della conserva d'acqua de' già detti alloggiamenti, accennati in pianta nella Tav. XIII con la lett. G.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
etching and engraving on laid paper [proof] · 1764
National Gallery of Art

Fantasy of a Magnificent Wall Monument
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
pen and dark brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, with some gray wash on laid paper · 1764
National Gallery of Art

Fantasy of a Façade with Bizarre Ornaments
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
pen and dark brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · 1764
National Gallery of Art

Title Page: Collection of several drawings engraved after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) engraved on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching in red and black ink on ivory laid paper with gilt edges · 1764
Art Institute of Chicago

A. View of the Tomb of Licinianus Piso on the ancient Appian Way... B. Tomb of the Cornelii..., from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1764
Art Institute of Chicago
![Interior view of the so-called Tempio della Tosse [Temple of the Cough], from Views of Rome](/api/images/artworks/aic/64515.jpg)
Interior view of the so-called Tempio della Tosse [Temple of the Cough], from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1764
Art Institute of Chicago

Interior view of the villa of Maecenas, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1764
Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Octagonal Temple of Minerva Medica, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · 1764
Art Institute of Chicago
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Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Groups of three female nudes at the base of each jamb, surmounted by larger kneeling figures), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching · 1764
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Chimneypiece: Frieze of trophies and winged Victories on the lintel, with cornucopias to either side of the jambs decorated with varied reliefs (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)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching · 1764
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Miscellaneous furniture including two sedan chairs, a side table and a commode (Deux ch. à porteurs v. de côté, console, flambeau.), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching · 1764
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Etching · 1764
The Metropolitan Museum of Art