Giovanni Battista Piranesi Artist

Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista piraˈnesi]; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'Invenzione).

Personal facts

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Birth dateOctober 04, 1720
Birth place
Mogliano Veneto
Date of deathNovember 09, 1778
Place of death
Rome

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Artist

Field of work
Etching
training at
Matteo Lucchesi

Topical connections

Giuseppe BertoWriter
Antonio BasoliArtist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/piranesi1761
  2. http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/piranesi1765
  3. http://gravures.ru/photo/dzhovanni_piranezi/drevnij_rim/49
  4. http://gravures.ru/photo/dzhovanni_piranezi/perspektivy/50
  5. http://gravures.ru/photo/dzhovanni_piranezi/tjurmy/10
  6. http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/94303/rec/1
  7. http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/873_Engravings_by_Piranesi.html
  8. http://vimeo.com/36757486
  9. http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=IFN-2000054
  10. http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/collection/1355