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Chimneypiece: Jambs ornamented with large lyres, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
S. Giovanni in Laterano: Near View of Main Façade, with the Campagna on left (Veduta della Facciata della Basilica of St. John Lateran . . .)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1775
Chimneypiece designed for John Hope, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Inscriptions of the Mausoleum of the Plautii at Ponte Lugano, tome 3, tavola 11 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Lintel with addorsed Sphinxes and flanked by bulls in profile, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Illustrations of the Emissarium of Lake Albano [Fig. I. Plan ; Figs. II, II, and V. Sections; Fig. IV. Elevation], tavola 8 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
Chimneypiece: Rhytons at the center of the lintel, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Illustrations of the Emissarium of Lake Albano [external view of outlet structure, with two insets showing interior and a section of the lake], tavola 7 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
Le Antichità Romane, tome III
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Plan of the Tuscan Atrium with its construction, adapted to the House of the Surgeon inside 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 17
Francesco Piranesi
1804
The Octagonal Room in the Small Baths at the Villa of Hadrian (Tivoli)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1777
Fragment of Stucco Fallen from the Vault, tome 2, tavola 30 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Two bronze lamps, one of them in the form of a chariot drawn by two bulls driven by Diana, 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
Chimneypiece: Frieze of trophies and winged Victories on the lintel, with cornucopias to either side of the jambs decorated with varied reliefs, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Ancient Circus of Mars with Neighboring Monuments Viewed at the Via Appia, tome 3, tavola 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Depictions of helmets from Trajan's column, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Inscriptions from the Tomb Chambers of the Freedmen and Slaves etc. of the Family of Augustus, tome 3, tavola 33 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
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
S. Giovanni in Laterano, Main Façade. with Palace and Scala Santa on the Right (Veduta della Basilica in Laterano)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749
Dedication: Ornamental Capital "V" with papal tiara and keys, 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
Title page
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Plan of a Sepulcral Building Outside of the Porta Maggiore in a Vineyard Next to the Torre Pignatara, tome 2, tavola 26 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Chimneypiece designed for Lord Exeter: Winged geniuses supporting a relieif of a sacrifical scene on the lintel and an overmantel with a nude Venus in a shell, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Title page, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Metallic-colored vase painted on the plaster of the wall... [with othe fragments; Pyramid of Cestius], tome 3, tavola 46 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
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
S. Giovanni in Laterano, main façade, with Palace and Scala Santa on the right (Veduta della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano), from "Vedute di Roma"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749
Plate XII: 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
Plate 10: Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (Jupiter the Supporter). 1. Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. 2. Temple of Peace. (Vestigi del Tempio di Giove Statore. 1. Tempio d'Antonino e Faustina. 2. Tempio della Pace.), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Osservazioni; Vignette (head-piece): Capital decorated with sirens and dolphins and a marble column in the form of a tree trunk..., page 1 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
Plan of Several Tomb Chambers discovered in 1751 in the Villa de'Cinque, outside the Porta Salaria near the Grotta Pallotta, tome 2, tavola 48 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Title page, from "Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia situato in Roma presso S. Eusebio, e falsamente detto dell'Acqua Marcia colla dichiarazione di uno de celebri passi del commentario Frontinano e l'esposizione della maniera con cui gli antichi Romani distribuivano le acque per uso della città" (Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia in Rome, near S. Eusebio and incorrectly called the Fountainhead of the Acqua Marcia, with a discussion of one of the celebrated passages from the commentary by Frontinus and an explanation of the manner in which the ancient Romans distributed the water for the use of the city)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1761
Roman architectural details compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [La Caffarella, sarcophagus at the Villa Negroni, fragments at the Palazzo Farnese, etc.], tab. 35 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
Furniture including a clock designed for Senator Rezzonico, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Interior View of the Church of San Stefano Rotondo, tome 1, tavola 25, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
The Senate and People of Rome [erected these] Marble Monuments of the Magistrates and Victors from the Founding of the City to the Time of the Divine Augustus..., from "I.B. Piranesii Lapides Capitolini sive Fasti Consulares Triumphalesq. Romanorum ab urbe condita usque ad Tiberium Caesarem" (G.B. Piranesi's Capitoline Inscriptions or Consular and Triumphal Lists from the Founding of the City to the Reign of Tiberius Caesar)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1762
View of the Ponto Rotto [the Broken Bridge], tome 1, tavola 20, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
Stairways adorned by magnificent architecture leading to various levels and especially to a rotunda which serves for theatrical performances, plate 11 from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part one of Architecture and Perspectives)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed 1800–09
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