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Remains of a wall of stairs which rose from the Campus to the Quirinal hill, with the women's meeting place dedicated by Helagabalus, plate 46 (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
Chimneypiece: Frieze of confronted dolphins on the lintel, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
The Veil of St. Veronica (or Head of John the Baptist on a Plate), plate 4 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)
James Nevay
1764
Inscriptions found in different places in the Temple of Isis, from "Antiquités de Pompeïa, tome second, Antiquités de la Grande Grèce..." (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume two, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 2, plate 72
Francesco Piranesi
1804–07
The Senate and People of Rome [erected these] Marble Monuments of the Magistrates and Victors from the Founding of the City to the Time of the Divine Augustus..., from "I.B. Piranesii Lapides Capitolini sive Fasti Consulares Triumphalesq. Romanorum ab urbe condita usque ad Tiberium Caesarem" (G.B. Piranesi's Capitoline Inscriptions or Consular and Triumphal Lists from the Founding of the City to the Reign of Tiberius Caesar)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1762
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
Tomb of the Scipios, tavola 18 from "Antichità Romane fuori di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambatta Piranesi Architetto Veneziano Parte Seconda" (Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect, Part Two)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
printed after 1775
Partial elevation and plan of the first-order portico at the Theater of Marcellus (Dimostrazione di una parte de' portici del prim' ordine del Teatro di Marcello), from "Le Antichità Romane"
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
View of the Visible Remains of the Ancient Ustrinum [crematorium] and Adjacent Structures, tome 3, tavola 6 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Details of the Principal Parts of the Tomb of C. Publicius, tome 2, tavola 5 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
Another view of the same altar in perspective beetween a multistemmed bronze lamp and a smaller lamp of bronze, 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
Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), part II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Title-page for the 'Vedute di Roma' comprising a stone in the background inscribed with the title, a classical vase and fragments of columns in the foreground
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1760–78
View of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, tome 1, tavola 37, figure 1 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
Plate opposite page 21 of "Apologia": Shells from the Gualtieri collection and vase designs, pagina 21, tavola 2, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
Chimneypiece designed for John Hope, from "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini..." (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769
S. Croce in Gerusalemme (Veduta dell Facciata della Basilica di S. Croce in Gerusalemme)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750
Marble candelabrum found at Hadrian's Villa, 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
Aqueduct of the Acqua Vergine, tome 1, tavola 12, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
The so-called Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli. Interior with two figures in the opening of an arch above. (Veduta interna della Villa di Mecenate)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1764
Inscriptions of the Freedmen and Slaves of the Family of Augustus...[with sarcophagi and sculptural relief fragments], tome 3, tavola 30 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
published 1756–57
View of the bridge known as Ponte Molle, plate 39 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
Ruins of the Xystus, the central hall of the Antonine Baths (The Baths of Caracalla), from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Dying people imploring a saint kneeling on a cloud accompanied by angels, plate 27 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)
Giovanni Battista Buratto
1764
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
The Arch of Beneventum in the Kingdom of Naples (Veduta dell'Arco di Benevento nel Regno di Napoli)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1778
View of the Arches of the Consuls Dolabella and Silanus enclosed within the Neronian Arches of the Acqua Claudia..., tome 1, tavola 25, figure 1 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
The Baths of Diocletian: Interior of Frigidarium, South Wall (Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1774
Plate XIII: a face of the pedestal of Trajan's column, from two plates
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1774–79
View of the Arch of Constantine the Great, tome 1, tavola 36, figure 2 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
Trofeo di Ottaviano Augusto (second motif), plate VI from Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1753
Remains of a room belonging to the Praetorian Fort at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1750–78
Another view of the marble vase with pedestal from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, seen from below, 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
Concerning the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia [longitudinal section, plan and details of plumbing], tavola 15 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
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 remains of the Portico of M. Aemilius Lepidus and P. Aemilius Paulus, tome 1, tavola 20, figure 1 from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756–57
The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli: The Broken Side of the Colonnade (Altra Veduta del Tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1761
Parere; Vignette (tail-piece): Imaginary architectural composition of a hexastyle Corinthian temple, page 16 from "Osservazioni di Gio. Battista Piranesi sopra la lettere de M. Mariette aux auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe..." (Observations of Giovanni Battista Piranesi on the Letter of M. Mariette to the authors of the Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe...)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1765
Imaginary reconstruction of the ancient Via Appia and Via Ardeantina, 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 1761–99
Interior view of the (so-called) Tempio della Tosse (Temple of the Cough) (Veduta interna della Tosse . . .)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1764