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Interior of S. Giovanni in Laterno (Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1768
Two Chimneypieces: One on a sheet illusionistically superimposed on the other, the former having a bucranium flanked by harpies on a lintel, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
View of the Campo Vaccino (The Forum Romanorum, from the Capitoline Hill), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
A sedan chair, a coach, a commode, a side table and two clocks, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Various entablatures, capitals and ornamental fragments [S. Pietro in Vaticano, SS. Cosma e Damiano, Palazzo Farnese, etc.], tab. 19 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
Remains of the Flaminian Way..., plate 38 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
View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola on Monte Aureo, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with the Arch of Septimius in the foreground left, Temple of Vespian right, and the Colosseum in the distance (Veduta di Campo Vaccino)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1775
Sections and end views of the same trireme, 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
Vase decorated with a Bacchanalian frieze, 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 Bridge of Hadrian, today called Ponte S. Angelo [Bridge of St. Angelo], from the Castel S. Angelo towards the strada di Banchi..., tome 4, tavola 12 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
View of the so-called Temple of Concord with the Temple of Saturn, on the right the Arch of Septimius Severus
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1760–78
Remans of the Porch of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans [Jupiter the Thunderer], tome 1, tavola 32, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
View of the Visible Remains of the Baths of Diocletian (Distant view, showing the church of S. Maria degli Angeli), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
mid-18th century
Plan of Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli
Francesco Piranesi
1781
The Arch of Titus from 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1760
Ruins of the Xystus (a long open portico used for athletic exercises), the central hall of the Antonine Baths (The Baths of Caracalla)(Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1765
Plan and Elevation of a food shop, the second 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 10
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Trophies of the Dacians, the Sarmatians and other allied peoples, carved on the surface and pedestal of Trajan's Column..., tavola 14 from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Remains of ancient baths in Albano called 'Cello Maio', tavola 7 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
Amphitheater of Verona, tavola 25 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
The Bridge at Rimini built by the Emperors Augustus and Tiberius, tavola 16 from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti analzati 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
printed after 1775
The Christ Child with St. Joseph, plate 8 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
Parere; Vignette (tail-piece): Imaginary architectural composition of a hexastyle Corinthian temple, page 16 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
St. Peter's with forecourt and colonnades. Bird's-eye view. (Veduta dell'insigne Basilica Vaticana coll'ampio Portico e Piazza adjacente)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1775
Design for Lobby Ceiling after Piranesi, Chamber Story, Castlecoole, County Fermanagh, Ireland
James Wyatt
ca. 1790–97
Venus Distraught over the Death of Adonis, plate 28 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)
Tommaso Piroli
1764
A sedan chair, a coach, a commode, a side table and two clocks (Deux ch. à porteurs v. de côté, une commode, une console, deux pedules, un meuble indét), from Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi...(Different Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1769
View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus Domitian (with S. Agnese to the right), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Title page, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
View of the Remains of the Forum of Nerva, called the Colonnacce, tome 1, tavola 30, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
Topographical Map of Rome, Showing Hydraulic and Defensive Systems, tome 1, tavola 37, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
The Giant Wheel, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1749–50
View of the remains of the cella of the Temple of Neptune, plate 17 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
The so-called Tempio della Tosse, near Tivoli. Interior. Upright (Veduta interna del Tempio della Tosse)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1764
Plan of the Course of the Water in Lago Fucino
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1790
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
St. Peter's Interior: Beneath the Dome (Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1773
Remains of ancient buldings among which stands the sepulchral urn of Marcus Agrippa made entirely of porphyry, which serves today as the Tomb of Clement XII... (Vestiggi d'antichi Edifici fra i quali evvi l'Urna Sepolcrale tutta d'un pezzo di...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750