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The Sawhorse, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
Interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Plate 19: Part of the ancient Appian Way about three miles outside Porta S. Sebastiano, from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte de quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
The Grand Piazza, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
Plan of a spacious and magnificent College designed after the ancient gymnasia of the Greeks and the baths of the Romans..., from "Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1750
The Staircase with Trophies, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
Portrait of G.B. Piranesi in imitation of an antique bust, from "Opere varie di Architettura, prospetive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities, designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)
Francesco Polanzani
1750
The Skeletons, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Tomb of Nero, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
The Smoking Fire, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Arch with a Shell Ornament, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
Title Page, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Monumental Tablet, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
The Pier with Chains, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Pier with a Lamp, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Giant Wheel, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio... (Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square...), from "Opere Varie di Archiettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Well, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Drawbridge, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
The Triumphal Arch, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
The Gothic Arch, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
View of St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748