Saturday, November 14, 2026

 Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778)
 
Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi  was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi


Le Carceri d'Invenzione, plate III: The Round Tower
1761 
Etching
54.8 × 41.5 cm
Princeton University Art Museum
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/2961


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