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The Medici Apollo [Apollino], from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1781
Interior view of the Colosseum, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Etruscan Chariot of metal, 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)
Francesco Piranesi
1778–80
Galatea on a sea monster (Galathée sur un monstre marin), plate 6 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
View opposite the entrance gate of all of the shops to the right and left of the street of 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 13
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Restored detail of the Trophy of Octavian Augustus, plate 5 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
Plate X: top portion of pedestal and base 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
Illustration of the diametrical cross-section of the Porta del Tempio di Vesta in Tivoli, tavola 5 from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
View of the outside of the Monument of the Scipios with a cutaway of the tombs of Scipione Barbato and Aula Cornelia, tavola 2 from "Monumenti degli Scipioni" (Monuments of the Scipios)
Francesco Piranesi
1785
Illustration of a part of the exterior of the Pantheon, from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
View of the Temple of Isis, showing the reconstruced parts etched in line and the existing parts in chiaroscuro, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 69
Francesco Piranesi
1806
Plate XIII: 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
Helmet and leg armor of bronze for gladiators; the bas-reliefs of the helmet represent Rome triumphant in the midst of vanquished enemies and captives; the ones of the leg armor represent spectacles, 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 2
Francesco Piranesi
1806
Venus at Cythera (Vénus à Cythere), plate 1 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
Interior view of the so-called College des Anfictions...(Basilica), plate 7 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
Glass and clay vases for ordinary [everyday] use in 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 26
Francesco Piranesi
1806
Cross-sections, which illustrate the scena stabile of the front, and of the stairs that go up to the second Precinzione, tavola 6 from "Il Teatro d'Ercolano" (The Theater at Herculaneum)
Francesco Piranesi
1783
Genius of the grape harvest [drawn by the serpents of Bacchus] (Genie des venganges), 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
Large modinature of the first order of the interior of the Pantheon, from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
Large illustration of a part of the interior of the Pantheon, from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
Harpocrates, from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1783
Side view of the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, tavola 4 from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
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
Restored detail of the Trophy of Octavian Augustus, plate 7 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
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
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
A dancer from a Bacchanalian Festival found in the ruins of Pompeii
Girolamo Carattoni
1787
Marble table found in the Triclinium of the Priests, and lock of the door of the Cell of the Temple of Isis 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 10
Francesco Piranesi
1806
Side view of the Temple of Juno...(now identified as the Temple of Athena), plate 19 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)
Francesco Piranesi
1778
Illumination of the Cross in St. Peter's
Francesco Piranesi
1758–1810
Chariot of Saturn (Char de Saturne), plate 7 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
Veiled woman with buskins, thought to be Melpomene, from "Classical Statues in Rome"
Francesco Piranesi
1782
Neptune lovingly embraces the contours of his dear Thetis (Neptune enlace de ses bras amoureux les contours de sa chère Thétis), 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 12
Tommaso Piroli
1807
Bound Volume I of "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities) opening with 1779 portrait of Giambattista after Cades and title page dedicated to Gustav III of Sweden
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–79
View of the door of the surrounding wall of the Temple of Isis [...], from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 61
Francesco Piranesi
1805
Venus in her chariot, 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
View of the Temple of Isis
Francesco Piranesi
1788
The Genius of Apollo (Génie d'Apollon), plate 4 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
Modinature from part of the Temple of Honor, and of Virtue, tavola 7 from "Raccolta de'Tempi Antichi, Prima Parte" (Collection of Antique Temples, First Part)
Francesco Piranesi
ca. 1750–80
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