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: Venus and Mars
- Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Corpus context: complex narrative scenes , central to piranesi's style
- Keywords: engraved artwork , art collector gift , draped fabric art
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
- Topics: classical , mythology , desire
