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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Giambattista Piranesi
Born October 4, 1720 • Mestre • Italy
Died November 9, 1778 (aged 58) • Rome • Italy

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Etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi showing a view through a stone archway onto a grand piazza with large arches, architectural details, and distant figures.
“Prisons” etching by Piranesi
Design for a Wall Panel, by Giambattista Piranesi(1720-78), pen with brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk.In the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. 28.8 28.2 cm.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo
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