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Francesco Piranesi
Nationality: 
italian
Gender: 
Male
Birth Date: 
1758
Death Date: 
1810
Born in Venice, son of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Worked with his father etching his plates, designed and etched some of the Views of Rome. Published editions of his father's prints in Rome after his death, then moved to Paris where he continued to publish editions from the same plates. Died in Paris 1807.
Constructions of Claudius in his Villa on Monte Albano..., pl. X from Descrizione e disegno dell Emissario del LagoAlbano
Constructions of Claudius in his Villa on Monte Albano..., pl. X from Descrizione e disegno dell Emissario del LagoAlbano
La Grotta di Posilipo, cioe' via sotterranea scavata nel vivo sasso per la lunghezza di piu' di due stadj fra Napoli e Pozzuolo pratticata dagli antichi per comodo della via littorale ad evitar la salita del monte
Mars, from an antique sculpture in the Villa Ludovisi
Mars, from an antique sculpture in the Villa Ludovisi
Veduta interna del Colosseo (Interior view of the Colosseum) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Veduta interna del Colosseo (Interior view of the Colosseum) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Veduta interna del Panteon vulgarmente detto la Rotunda (Interior of the Pantheon commonly called the Rotunda) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Veduta interna del Panteon vulgarmente detto la Rotunda (Interior of the Pantheon commonly called the Rotunda) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Views of Rome: Piramide di C.Cestio
Views of Rome: Piramide di C.Cestio
Views of Rome: Veduta del Sepolchro di Pisone
Views of Rome: Veduta del Sepolchro di Pisone
[Scenographia...]from Descrizione e disegno dell Emissario del Lago Albano
[Scenographia...]from Descrizione e disegno dell Emissario del Lago Albano

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