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Dark prison with a courtyard for the punishment of criminals..., plate 2 from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part one of Architecture and Perspectives)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed 1800–09
Inscriptions of the Praetorian Guard, tome 2, tavola 54 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Section of the Emissarium at Lake Albano with inset views, tab. 30 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
Vignette: At Rome in Palazzo Barverini [inscribed stone tail-piece], page 46 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
Rear view of the remains of the pronaos of the Temple of Neptune, drawn in the two preceding plates, plate 14 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
View of the Remains of a Magnificent Sepulchral Building and its Ruins Near the Torre de'Schiavi about a Mile and a Half from Porta Maggiore, tome 2, tavola 60 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Cut-away of different Atrium designs in plate 22, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 23
Francesco Piranesi
1804
Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia [Elevation of Porta S. Lorenzo], tavola 5 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
Large marble sarcophagus with its cover in the courtyard of Palazzo Orsini, near the Theater of Marcellus, 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
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
The Colosseum: Interior (Veduta dell'interno dell Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1766
Section of the pedestal and base of Trajan's Column, tavola 6, figure 1 from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
Dedication to Giovanni Bottari, tavola 2 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
A Plan of the Barracks of Tiberius, tome 1, tavola 39 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
View of the Tomb of the Plautii on the road which leads from Rome to Tivoli near Ponte Lugano, tome 3, tavola 12 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Remains of the Mausoleum of Augustus, plate 21 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
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
Title page from "Roman Antiquity of the Time of the Republic and the First Emperors" (Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps, plate 10 from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part one of Architecture and Perspectives)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed 1800–09
Plan and Section of the Baths of Caracalla, tome 1, tavola 40 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1756
Plan of the first and third floors of the three-story house; the first floor is below street-level, and that is etched in full; the other floor is dotted, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 52
Francesco Piranesi
1806
Bronze 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
Plan of the Tomb of Chambers of the Freedman of the Household of L. Arruntius, tome 2, tavola 8 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
The Bridge and Castel S. Angelo (Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant'Angelo
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1754
Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro (Piazza of Gold) (Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una delle Piazze della Villa Adriana oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1776
Large Marble Sarcophagus Believed to Belong to Alexander Severus and his Mother, Julia Mamea, tome 2, tavola 33 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Interior view of the (so-called) Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough) (Veduta interna della Tosse . . .)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1764
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
View of the villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
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
View through the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1778
Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro (Piazza of Gold) (Veduta degli Avanzi della Circonferenza delle antiche Fabbriche di una delle Piazze della Villa Adriana oggidi chiamata Piazza d'oro)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1776
View of the Bridge and Mausoleum built by the Emperor Hadrian, tome 4, tavola 4 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Interior of S. Giovanni in Laterno (Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1768
Illustrations of the Emissarium of Lake Albano [interior view of outlet], tavola 9 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
Veduta interna dell'Atrio del Portico di Ottavia (Internal View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia), in: 'Vedute di Roma' (Views of Rome)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1760
Ancient tomb on the Appian Way, tavola 26 a 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
Vase with masks, 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 in perspective of the Thermopolium, its works and its ornaments, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 11
Francesco Piranesi
1804