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Interior view of the Pantheon, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Perspective view of the large fountain of the Acqua Vergine, known as the Trevi Fountain, designed by Nicola Salvi (Veduta in prospettiva della gran Fontana dell'Acqua Vergine detta di Trevi, Architettura di Nicola Salvi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1773
View of the Palazzo di Monte Cavallo (today the pIazza del Quirinale; with the Quirinal Palace to the right), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
View of the Temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles distant from Rome, beyond the Porta S. Sebastiano..., from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Plate 6: Ruins of an ancient tomb in front of ruins of an ancient aqueduct (...), 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
View of the Piazza di Spagna, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Various moldings and cornices, tab. 5 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
Plate IX: Pedestal with entrance door, reliefs and inscription 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
Ancient Roman forum surrounded by porticoes, with loggias, some of which communicate with the Imperial Palace and others with the prisons..., plate 14 from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part one of Architecture and Perspectives)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed 1800–09
View of the Arch built in honor of Augustus near the City of Aosta in Piedmont, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum in Antiquity. The inscribed fragment is from the attic story and is now built into the wall of the Capuchin Monastery, tavola 5 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
Reconstruction of some details of the second order of the animal cages built by Domitian [the so--called Curia Hostilia], tome 4, tavola 56 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Map of the neighborhood containing the remains of the Theater of Pompey...[site map and relevant fragments of the Severan Marble Plan], plate 16 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
Remains of the Temple of Concord, tome 1, tavola 32, figure 1 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
Coat of Arms of Clement XIII (Rezzonico)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1758–69
Alternate View of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
View of the Tomb of Mamia, of its Schola, of that which is its counterpart and of two other adjacent tombs, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 38
Francesco Piranesi
1805
Map of Rome and the Campus Martius, bound with "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1774
Della Introduzione; Vignette (tail-piece): Imaginary architectural composition with ground floor portico supported by pairsof Egyptian figures, page 23 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
Interior View of Three Large Tomb Chambers Thought to Belong to the Household of Augustus, tome 2, tavola 42 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above..., plate 1 from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part one of Architecture and Perspectives)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed 1800–09
Chimneypiece: Frieze of putti riding marine creatures on the lintel, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Plan, section and elevation of the Cloaca Maxima [the Great Drain], tab. 3 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
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
Chimneypiece in the Egyptian style: Pairs of figures standing on their hands to either side, 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
Vase ornamented with masks on the lid, 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
Interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Plate 6: 1. Arch of Titus. 2. Villa Farnese. 3. Columns of the Temple of Jupiter Stator (the Supporter). 4. Arch of Septimus Severus. 5. Temple of Peace. (1. Arco di Tito in Roma. 2. Villa Farnese. 2. Colon.e. del Tem.o di G.ve St.re. 4. Ar.co di Set.o...), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748
Frontispiece from "Vedute di Roma"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1748
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
The same large marble cinerary urn with its pedestal decorated with sculpture and ornamented in perspective, 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
Marble trireme supported by an ornamental pedestal, 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
St. Theresa with the Christ Child in her Arms, plate 12 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
Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia [details of Porta S. Lorenzo showing entablature and partial inscription], tavola 7 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
Remains of the Milvian Bridge..., plate 40 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
S. Maria Maggiore. Interior (Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Maria Maggiore)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1768
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
Ruins of the ancient fortifications of the mountainside and of the city of Cori in Latium, tavola 1 from "Antichità di Cora, descritte ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi" (Antiquities of Cori, described and etched by Giambattista Piranesi)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1764
View of a courtyard with a loggia, fountains, statues, and other ornaments (Prospetto d'un regio Cortile nel cui mezzo vi stà una Loggia...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750
View of the buildings at the entrance 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 5
Francesco Piranesi
1804