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Perspective view of a funerary moneument of a boar's headed rhyton on a vase with concave flutes found in a tomb on the Via Appia, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. I" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778–80
The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk (Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1751
Miscellaneous furniture including a sedan chair and a commode, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Various Capitals, a keystone, a bracket, etc. [Villa Borghese, Arch of Septimus Severus, etc.], tab. 13 from "Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani" (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1761
Plan of the work which the Architect Palladio drew from the remains of the women's meeting place..., plate 47 from "Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra" (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1762
Marble altar in the form of a tripod vase from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli supported on a monument from Palazzo Barberini, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. I" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778–80
View of the Piazza della Rotonda (with the Pantheon in the background), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Marble vase, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778–80
View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian ouside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750
Reconstruction of a part of the arcade of the first order of the Theater of Marcellus, tome 4, tavola 33 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Vertical section of one of the arches in the middle of the Bridge of Hadrian, tome 4, tavola 11 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Plate IX: Pedestal with entrance door, reliefs and inscription of Trajan's column, from two plates
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Ornamental Capital "I", Indice... del Monte Capitolino (Index...to the Capitoline Hill), tome 1 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
View of the remains of the Dining Room of the Golden House of Nero, commonly called the Temple of Peace, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Plan and section of the reservoir of the accomodation marked in the map on Plate XII with the letter I..., tavola 13 from "Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi" (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo described and etched by Giovambattista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1764–70
The Palazzo Farnese (Veduta del Palazzo Farnese)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1773
A view of part of the intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1764
Another face of the pedestal of Trajan's Column, tavola 11 from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Portion of a hanging city, approachable by sea from below, from "Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incesa da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of architecture, perspective, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed 1761–99
Illustration of the Emissarium of Lake Albano [Fig. I. Plan of Lake Albano; Fig. II. Section showing extent of tunnel; Figs. III., IV. Views of structure; Fig. V. Plan of structure], tavola 1 from "Descrizione e Disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano di Gio Battista Piranesi" (Description and Design of the Emissarium of Lake Albano by Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1762
Additional plate to Parere [Detail of an imaginary architectural composition with femle figures supporting a garland and inscription from Ovid's Metamorphoses XV], tavola 8 from "Osservazioni di Gio. Battista Piranesi sopra la lettere de M. Mariette aux auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe..." (Observations of Giovanni Battista Piranesi on the Letter of M. Mariette to the authors of the Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1765
Interior view of the temple which is believed to have been dedicated to Juno...(now identified as the Temple of Athena), plate 20 from "Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie" (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifices that still exist at the center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is situated in Lucania)
Francesco Piranesi
1778
S. Maria Maggiore interior (Veduta interna dell Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1768
The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The so-called Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough), near Tivoli (Veduta del Tempio, detto della Tosse)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1763
Fragment of an ornamental pilaster with detail and a column found on the Tiber Island, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778–80
View of the Visible Remains of the Ancient Ustrinum [crematorium] and Adjacent Structures, tome 3, tavola 6 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
Plan of the Baths of Diocletian..., tome 1, tavola 42 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
Side view of the Temple of Juno...(now identified as the Temple of Athena), plate 19 from "Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie" (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifices that still exist at the center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is situated in Lucania)
Francesco Piranesi
1778
Plate 18: The Tomb of the Scipios (Sepolcro della famiglia de' Scipioni), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
The Colosseum (Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1757
Various lamps of bronze and terracotta including a view of the chariot lamp from the preceding plate, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. I" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778–80
View of the Ancient Appian Way which passes alongside the wall already described in the previous views of the Ustrinum [crematorium], tome 3, tavola 7 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
A woman holding a flower in her raised left hand, plate 5 from "Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi" (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched 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)
James Nevay
1764
Plate XVI: architectural detail of the cornice of the pedestal of Trajan's column
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Plan of the animal cages built by Domitian for the Amphitheater... [with elevation and section of the buried portion; the so-called Curia Hostilia was actually the substructure of the Temple of Claudius, near SS. Giovanni e Paolo], tome 4, tavola 53 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1758–69
Different cut-aways and Elevations to demonstrate the interior and Exterior of the Tavern with the Pirapus sign [dedicated to Priapus] in the City of Pompeii, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 26
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Remains of the substructures and buttress walls of the ancient city, earlier in date than the Aurelian Walls..., plate 41 from "Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra" (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1762