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Illustration of part of the interior of the Pantheon put in a straight line, and with the ornament as it was prior to the various devastaions and before the restoration of the Papacy and adorned with statues and bass-reliefs according to the passages of the writers of antiquity, from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)

Francesco Piranesi
1787
The Farnese Bull, from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1770–1820
Title page, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...)
Francesco Piranesi
1804–7
Mars sitting on clouds: his blade rests on his lap (Mars assis sur des nuages: son glaive repose sur ses genoux), from "Peintures de la Ville Altoviti à Rome, inventées par Michelange, Peintes par Giorgio Vasari et Gravées par Thomas Piroli. faisant partie de la Calcographie Piranesi" (Paintings from the Villa Altoviti in Rome, designed by Michelangelo, painted by Giorgio Vasari, and engraved by Thomas Piroli, made part of the Calcography of Piranesi), plate 7
Tommaso Piroli
1807
Interior view of the ustrinum, of the Tomb of Mamia [...], from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 43
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Mercury, from "La Fable de Psyché, Villa Farnesina", bound with "Peintures du Cabinet de Jules II, au Vatican de l'Invention de Raphael, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli" (Paintings from the Chambers of Jules II in the Vatican by Raphael, published by the Piranesi brothers and drawn by Thomas Piroli)
Tommaso Piroli
1804–07
Parapet of the Pantheon in its current state, without the modern bell towers, from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
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
The Fifth Hour of the Day, from "Peintures du Cabinet de Jules II, au Vatican de l'Invention de Raphael, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli" (Paintings from the Chambers of Jules II in the Vatican by Raphael, published by the Piranesi brothers and drawn by Thomas Piroli)
Tommaso Piroli
1804
(XXIV) Peintures de la Sala Borgia au Vatican de l'invention de Raphael recueilles par les Piranesi et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli, Paris (Pietro and Francesco Piranesi and Leblanc) and Rome (Piroli) (1803); (XXV) Peintures de la Villa Lante, à Rome, de l'Invention de Jules Romain, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli, Paris (Pietro and Francesco Piranesi and Leblanc) and Rome (Piroli) (1803); Peintures du Cabinet de Jules II, au Vatican de l'Invention de Raphael, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli, Paris (Pietro and Francesco Piranesi and Leblanc) and Rome (Piroli) (1804); La fable de Psyché; (XXVI) Peintures de la Ville Altoviti à Rome, inventées par Michelange, Peintes par Giorgio Vasari et Gravées par Thomas Piroli. faisant partie de la Calcographie Piranesi (1807)
Tommaso Piroli
1803–07
The Farnese Flora, from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1782
Ornamental tripod and two vases, 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)
Francesco Piranesi
1778–80
Plan of the Temple of Isis, two theaters, soldiers' quarter, a large portico, and a palestra, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 58
Francesco Piranesi
1805
A dancer from a Bacchanalian Festival found in the ruins of Pompeii
Girolamo Carattoni
1787
Restored detail of the Trophy of Octavian Augustus, plate 9 from "Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto con vari altri ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi da Cavalier Go. Batta. Piranesi" (Trophies of Octavian Augustus erected to commemorate the victory at Actium and the conquest of Egypt with various other ornament drawn and etched by Cavalieri Gio. Batta. Piranesi)
Francesco Piranesi
printed ca. 1780
Venus in her chariot, pulled by two flying cupids, plate 9 from "Peintures de la Villa Lante, à Rome, de l'Invention de Jules Romain, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli" (Paintings from the Villa Lante by Giulio Romano, published by the Piranesi brothers and drawn by Thomas Piroli)
Tommaso Piroli
1803
Venus and Jupiter, from "La fable de Psyché, Villa Farnesina", bound with "Peintures du Cabinet de Jules II, au Vatican de l'Invention de Raphael, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli" (Paintings from the Chambers of Jules II in the Vatican by Raphael, published by the Piranesi brothers and drawn by Thomas Piroli)
Tommaso Piroli
1804–07
The Medici Venus, from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1781
Interior view of a store dependent of the last house located to the right upon entering the city of Pompeii, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 45
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Jupiter, from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1781
View of the Pantheon with a reconstruction of its ornament, from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
Print
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Plate IV: vertical section of Trajan's column, from three plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Marble bas-relief of a ceremonial fire, 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)
Francesco Piranesi
1786
One of the heroes who won the race to marry one of the daughters of Danaus, taking his chosen wife, drawn after the vases of Herculanum, from "Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, [...] Contenant les Usages civils, militaires et religieux" [...] (Antiquities of the Great Greece [...] Containing the civic, military and religious wares), volume 1, plate 17
Francesco Piranesi
1805–7
Pan and Syringue (Pan et Syringue), plate 5 from "Peintures du Cabinet de Jules II, au Vatican de l'Invention de Raphael, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli" (Paintings from the Chambers of Jules II in the Vatican by Raphael, published by the Piranesi brothers and drawn by Thomas Piroli)
Tommaso Piroli
1804
Plate XI: a face of the pedestal of Trajan's column, from two plates, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Another view of the pronaos facade drawn and described in Plate V...(Basilica), plate 6 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)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778
Round and quadrangular metal mirrors, hair pins, and other utensils used in the Ladies' toilette at Pompeii, from "Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, [...] Contenant les Usages civils, militaires et religieux" [...] (Antiquities of the Great Greece [...] Containing the civic, military and religious wares), volume 1, plate 13
Francesco Piranesi
1805
The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo
Louis Jean Desprez
n.d.
Restored detail of the Trophy of Octavian Augustus, plate 4 from "Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto con vari altri ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi da Cavalier Go. Batta. Piranesi" (Trophies of Octavian Augustus erected to commemorate the victory at Actium and the conquest of Egypt with various other ornament drawn and etched by Cavalieri Gio. Batta. Piranesi)
Francesco Piranesi
printed ca. 1780
Plan of the Course of the Water in Lago Fucino
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1790
Large illustration of columns from the Temple of Vesta and the Temple of Sibyl, tavola 6 from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
The eight other Signs of the Zodiac, with Cancer represented as a crab, rather than as a crayfish, plate 12 from "Peintures de la Sala Borgia au Vatican de l'invention de Raphael recueilles par les Piranesi et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli" (Paintings from the Sala Borgia in the Vatican by Raphael)
Tommaso Piroli
1803
Silenus Cradling the Infant Bacchus, from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1784
Cupid and Jupiter, from "La Fable de Psyché, Villa Farnesina", bound with "Peintures du Cabinet de Jules II, au Vatican de l'Invention de Raphael, Recueillies par les Piranesi, et Dessinées par Thomas Piroli" (Paintings from the Chambers of Jules II in the Vatican by Raphael, published by the Piranesi brothers and drawn by Thomas Piroli)
Tommaso Piroli
1804–07

Rear view of the Pantheon with the Remains of the Baths of Agrippa, from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)

Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
Pluto and Proserpine: the Goddess gently rests on the scepter of the God of the Underworld (Pluton et Proserpine: la Dèesse se repose mollement sur le septre de Dieu des Enfers), from "Peintures de la Ville Altoviti à Rome, inventées par Michelange, Peintes par Giorgio Vasari et Gravées par Thomas Piroli. faisant partie de la Calcographie Piranesi" (Paintings from the Villa Altoviti in Rome, designed by Michelangelo, painted by Giorgio Vasari, and engraved by Thomas Piroli, made part of the Calcography of Piranesi), plate 13
Tommaso Piroli
1807
Cleopatra [Sleeping Ariadne], from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1781
Antique marble vase, imitating Greek clay vases in form and ornament; the bas-relief represents Bacchus with ox feet, in the middle of nymphs and of his followers, from "Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, [...] Contenant les Usages civils, militaires et religieux" [...] (Antiquities of the Great Greece [...] Containing the civic, military and religious wares), volume 1, plate 15
Francesco Piranesi
1805–7