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View of the Arch of Gallienus, tome 1, tavola 26, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1756–57

View of the Temple of Neptune, tutelary god of the ancient city of Pesto [Paestum], although no indication has been found to show whether this temple was related to that divinity or to some other..., plate 10 from "Différentes vues de quelques Restes de trois grands Edifices qui subsistent encore dans le milieu de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto autrement Posidinia qui est située dans la Lucanie" (Different views of some of the remains of three great edifices that still exist at the center of the ancient city of Pesto, or Posidonia [Paestum], which is situated in Lucania)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1778

Dedication to Giovanni Bottari, tavola 2 from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti analzati da Romani parte de quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

printed after 1775

The Arch of Septimius Severus, with the Church of S. Martina on the right (Arco di Settimio Severo), from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1759

Roman architectural details compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [La Caffarella, sarcophagus at the Villa Negroni, fragments at the Palazzo Farnese, etc.], tab. 35 from "Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani" (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1761

View of St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1748

Two Fragments of Brick Stamps..., tome 3, tavola 27 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

published 1756–57

Plan of the Ancient Forum Romanum..., tome 1, tavola 43 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1756–57

The Palazzo di Montecitorio (Veduta della Gran Cura Innocenziana)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1752

Profile and details of entablature, tavola 7 from "Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano" (concerning two caves embellished by the ancients on the bank of Lake Albano)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1762

View of the Campo Vaccino (The Forum Romanorum, from the Capitoline Hill), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1750–78

Remains of the Temple of Cybele, tome 1, tavola 22, figure 1 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1756–57

Plan of the animal cages built by Domitian for the Amphitheater... [with elevation and section of the buried portion; the so-called Curia Hostilia was actually the substructure of the Temple of Claudius, near SS. Giovanni e Paolo], tome 4, tavola 53 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

published 1756–57

Vertical section of the Bridge of Fabricius, today called the Ponte dei Quattro Capi [Bridge of the Four Heads]..., tome 4, tavola 20 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

published 1756–57

Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia [View of the remains of the Fountainhead or "Mostra"], tavola 2 from "Le Rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia situato in Roma presso S. Eusebio, e falsamente detto dell'Acqua Marcia colla dichiarazione di uno de celebri passi del commentario Frontinano e l'esposizione della maniera con cui gli antichi Romani distribuivano le acque per uso della città" (Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia in Rome, near S. Eusebio and incorrectly called the Fountainhead of the Acqua Marcia, with a discussion of one of the celebrated passages from the commentary by Frontinus and an explanation of the manner in which the ancient Romans distributed the water for the use of the city)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1761

View of the Theaters of Balbus and Marcellus and the other buildings in their vicinity, plate 48 (a) from "Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra" (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1762

Trofeo di Ottaviano Augusto, plate III from "Trofei de Ottaviano Augusto"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1753

Plate 9: Colonnaded hall according to the custom of the ancient Romans (...), from "Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe" (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1743

Camera sepolcrale inventata e disegnata conforme al costume, e all'antica magnificenza degl'Imperatori Romani... (Imaginary sepulcral chamber designed according to the fashion and ancient magnficence of the Roman Emperors...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1750

Plan of the first and third floors of the three-story house; the first floor is below street-level, and that is etched in full; the other floor is dotted, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 52

Francesco Piranesi

1806

The Theater of Marcellus. This building was built by Augustus and dedicated to his nephew Marcellus. (Teatro di Marcello. Questo fu fabricato da Augusto, e dedicato a Marcello suo Nipote)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1757

Plate 20: Tomb of Caecilia Metella called the Capo di Bove (Ox Head) (Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove), from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti inalzati da Romani parte di quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1748

Large marble vase decorated with a relief of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1778–80

Funerary monument of a boar's headed rhyton on a vase with concave flutes found in a tomb on the Via Appia, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. I" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1778–80

Elevation and Section of A Tomb in the Tomb Chambers of the Freedmen, Slaves, etc. of L. Arruntius, tome 2, tavola 11 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

published 1756–57

View of the remains of the perimeter of ancient buildings in one of the piazzas of Hadrian's Villa, called the PIazza d'Oro (Piazza of Gold), from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1750–78

Interior view of the first Tavern to the right of the street in the City of Pompeii, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 32

Francesco Piranesi

1804

Various capitals and fragments of columns [from Palazzo Mattei, Terme di aracalla, etc.], from "Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto con vari altri ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi da Cavalier Go. Batta. Piranesi" (Trophies of Octavian Augustus erected to commemorate the victory at Actium and the conquest of Egypt with various other ornament drawn and etched by Cavalieri Gio. Batta. Piranesi)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

printed ca. 1780

Arch of Constantine in Rome, tavola 9 from "Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti analzati da Romani parte de quali se veggono in Roma e parte per l'Italia" (Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other monuments erected by the Romans, some of which are in Rome and some elsewhere in Italy)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

printed after 1775

One of the Shorter Sides of the Sarcophagus, with the Portland Vase in the foreground, tome 2, tavola 35 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

published 1756–57

Fragments of friezes, capitals and various ornamental fragments [from Orti Farnesiai, S. Giorgio in Velabro, etc.], plate 11 from "Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto innalzati per la vittoria ad Actium e conquista dell'Egitto con vari altri ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi da Cavalier Go. Batta. Piranesi" (Trophies of Octavian Augustus erected to commemorate the victory at Actium and the conquest of Egypt with various other ornament drawn and etched by Cavalieri Gio. Batta. Piranesi)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

printed ca. 1780

View of the Temple of Cybele in the Piazza of the Bocca della Vertià, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1750–78

Large profiles of the Doric order, which forms the bottom of the Tomb of Mamia, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 40

Francesco Piranesi

1805

Vase decorated with acanthus leaves and supported by griffons, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. I" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1778–80

View of the palace of the illustrious Barbarini family on the Quirinal Hill, designed by Cavaliere Bernini, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

ca. 1750–78

The Virgin and Child appearing to three kneeling monks (La Madonna del Carmine), plate 9 from "Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi" (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)

Francesco Bartolozzi

1764

Venus Distraught over the Death of Adonis, plate 28 from "Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guernico, incisi in Rame, e presentati al singolar merito del Sig. Tommaso Jenkins pittore, ed accademico di S. Luca, in atto di respetto e d'amicizia dall'architetto e suo coaccademio: Gio. Battista Piranesi" (Collection of several drawings after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) etched on copper and presented to Thomas Jenkins, painter and member of the Academy of St. Luke, out of respect and friendship from his fellow member, the architect Gio. Battista Piranesi)

Tommaso Piroli

1764

Ruins of a college of Silvanus Aurelianus about four miles from Rome outside the Porta Maggiore in the place called the Hundred Cells, belonging to the most excellent Barberini family [view, plan, and inscriptions], tome 4, tavola 57 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

published 1756–57

Tomb Inscriptions, and others, found in buildings adjacent to the entrance to the city of Pompeii, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 7

Francesco Piranesi

1804

Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square...[Partly inspired by the Colosseum, Rome], from "Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incesa da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of architecture, perspective, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

printed ca. 1761–80

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