Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 – 1778)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778): Italian master of etching famed for dramatic Roman architecture, fantastical 'Carceri' prisons & detailed cityscapes. A Neoclassical visionary.
About this artwork
- Title: The Roman antiquities, t. 4, Plate XII. View of an entrance to the upper room into the boulder burial d`Elio Adriano.
- Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Neoclassicism
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Corpus context: exploring lost worlds , archaeological record
- Keywords: black and white print , classical engraving , ancient rome artwork
- Color hue: Blue-Violet to Rose
