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A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Well, plate 13 from Imaginary Prisons, c. 1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons, c. 1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons, c. 1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons, c. 1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Views of Rome, 1750/59

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

Egyptian Obelisk. This was erected by Pope Sixtus V in the Piazza of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome, 1750/59

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of book of 122 etchings on paper.

Opere Varie di Architetura; Raccolta di Alcuni Disegni del Barberi da Cento detto Il Guercino, 1750-1764

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching in red and black ink on ivory laid paper with gilt edges.

Title Page: Collection of several drawings engraved after Barbieri da Cento (known as Guercino) engraved 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, 1764

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on buff laid paper.

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain, c. 1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

View of St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, from Views of Rome, 1748

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Monumental Tablet, 1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Skeletons, 1750

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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