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Large plan of the entrance of the town of Pompeii, and its surrounding buildings, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 2
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Le Antichità Romane, tome III
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Ancient school built according to the Egyptian and Greek manners (Scuola antica architettata all'Egiziana e alla Greca)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1750
View of the Small Waterfall and Rapids, Tivoli, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
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
Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia [general view of the Porta. S. Lorenzo], tavola 8 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
Two Chimneypieces: Upper (as designed for Senator Rezzonico)–with a Medusa head at the center of the lintel and vases flanking the jambs; Lower–with an eagle at center flanked by satyr heads on the lintel, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Tomb of the three Curatii brothers in Albano, tome 3, tavola 10 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Trajan's Column, tome 1, tavola 29, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
Imaginary reconstruction of a royal atrium, 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
The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1756
View of the octangonal Temple of Minerva Medica (Veduta del Tempio attangolare di Minerva Medica)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1764
Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoportiucus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati road, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1766
Plate 9: Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans (...), from "Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe" (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1743
Perspective plan of the Capital that decorates the entrance of the house located across from the Basilica, marked number 3 on plate XLIV, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 57
Pietro Piranesi
1806
Title page, tavola 17 from "Antichità Romane fuori di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambatta Piranesi Architetto Veneziano Parte Seconda" (Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect, Part Two)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed after 1775
Trophy of Octavian Augustus, 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)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed ca. 1780
Various lamps of bronze and terracotta, one of them representing a small Silenus seated on a Priapus, 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 Liberation of a Prisoner, plate 20 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)
Giovanni Ottaviani
1764
View of the Arch of Septimius Severus (with the Temple of Saturn in right background), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Reconstruction of some of the details of the Portico of Octavia, tome 4, tavola 43 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Group of columns which support two arches of a great courtyard... (Gruppo di Colonne, che regge due archi d'un grande Cortile...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750
S. Maria Maggiore. Interior (Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1768
Interior view of St. Peter's in the Vatican (Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Le Antichità Romane, tome IV
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, plate 7 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)
Francesco Bartolozzi
1764
Plan of Rome..., from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1756
Plan of the house that has three Atria, restored in all of its parts. [...], from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 46
Pietro Piranesi
1806
Vertical Section of the Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, tome 3, tavola 44 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Vase supported by a tripod, 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 bridge known as Ponte Molle, plate 39 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 vase with the relief of a wolf, 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
Another face of the pedestal of Trajan's Column, tavola 12 from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
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
The Column erected in memory of the Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, his wife..., from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column); Columna Antonina
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, aujourd'hui Royaume de Naples, Gravées par Francois Piranesi, Membre de l'Académie de Stockolm, et Ancien Ministre de la Cour de Suède a celle de Rome d'après les Dessins Originaux et les Observations Locales du feu Célébre Architete, Peintre, Sculpteur, Greveur, Le Chev.er Jean-Baptise Piranesi; rédigées et expliqués par Antoine-Joseph Guattani
Francesco Piranesi
1804–07
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, with the Porta S. Paolo and adjoining road (Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cestio), from "Vedute di Roma"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1755
Title page: Volume IV, "The Antiquities of Rome by Giambatista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (...), from "Roman Antiquities" (Le Antichità Romane)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
Design for Lobby Ceiling after Piranesi, Chamber Story, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland
James Wyatt
ca. 1790–97
Ruins of the so-called amphitheater of Domitian in the gardens of the monks of S. Paolo at Albano, tavola 10 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