Francesco Piranesi
Francesco Piranesi, son of the celebrated engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi, carried forward the family's fascination with ancient Rome and the buried cities of Campania through printmaking. His etchings and engravings translate ruins, trophies, tombs, and theatrical interiors into crisp architectural views, while some sheets add watercolor and gouache to heighten the drama of ceremony and place. This archive gathers twelve of his works, dominated by etching and including examples finished with hand coloring and, in one case, gold-printed text. The sheets span 1753 to 1807, a range that extends past the artist's lifetime, so the collection includes impressions up to that later date rather than only lifetime printings.
12 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
![Francesco Piranesi — Cross-sections, which show the different aspects of the buildings shown in the plan of Pompeii [the preceding plate], from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome premier, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1, plate 3](https://oldart.vernisio.com/archiv/Francesco_Piranesi/Francesco_Piranesi_Cross-sections_which_show_the_different_aspects_of_1804_klein.jpg)
