Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1720-1778, Italian etcher and architect
Piranesi is one of Italy’s most extraordinary artists, from his detailed etchings of Rome to the dark imaginings of his imaginary prisons. Born in Mogliano Veneto near Treviso, the son of a Venetian stonemason, he learned to draw and to design buildings from his uncle Matteo Lucchesi, an architect.
In 1740 he travelled to Rome, where he lived and worked for almost all his life, and where he made Le Vedute di Roma and the Carceri d’Invenzione.
The works
154 prints from 2 works, in the order they were published.
All 154 prints by Piranesi
The Well
$225
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform
$225
Carceri d’Invenzione Cover
$225
The Man on the Rack
$225
The Round Tower
$225
The Grand Piazza
$225
Lion Bas Reliefs
$225
The Smoking Fire
$225
The Draw Bridge
$225
The Staircase with Trophies
$225
The Giant Wheel
$225
The Arch with a Shell Ornament
$225
The Saw Horse
$225
The Gothic Arch
$225
The Pier with a Lamp
$225
The Pier with Chains
$225