Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

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The son of Angelo and Laura Piranesi, Giambattista Piranesi first came to Rome in 1740 as a young architect from Venice. He studied Roman history with an older brother, studied engraving in the studio of Giuseppe Vasi, as well as the art of perspective. In 1743, he traveled to Naples and studied painting, returning to Venice for a year when he became ill. He returned to Rome eventually moving to the Strada Felice at the Palazzo Tomati. He never left Rome after 1745 except briefly to Etruscan sites or excavations. In 1752, he married Angela Pasquini and had 3 children with her. With the Vedute di Roma, he made drawings which would then be etched, using a copper plate coated with hard varnish. "I create the effect on the copper, and make of it an original."

From the description of Vedute di Roma designate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi [picture]. [between 1748-1778?] (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 54794145

Epithet: Italian artist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000209.0x0002a1

Italian artist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed, illustrated : Rome, to Charles Townley, 1772 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872110

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referencedIn	Addition to the Prints Collection None., 1718-1945	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn	Carney, Hayden E.,. Postal card collection, ca.1920-1929.	University of Toledo, William S. Carlson Library
referencedIn	Centre canadien d'architecture. À la découverte de Rome : Piranèse et ses contemporains = Exploring Rome : Piranesi and his contemporaries : exhibition publications, 1993.	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
creatorOf	Churchill, Sidney John Alexander, 1862-1921. Collection of prints and drawings, ca. 1500-1840.	Getty Research Institute
referencedIn	Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens, 1708-1875, 1768-1836	Yale Center for British Art
referencedIn	Giambattista Piranesi : vertical file.	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
referencedIn	Halsted B. Vander Poel Campanian collection, circa 1570-1997	Getty Research Institute
referencedIn	HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 247). Contents:-(1) Correspondence and papers of Sir William Hamilton, Envoy to Naples; 2 Sept. 1754-24 June 1802, n.d. A few original letters (ff. 103, 148-150) and autograph drafts by Hamilton are included...	British Library
referencedIn	Harvard Art Museum. Exhibition Records, 1905-2008	Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter, 1791 March 16, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvanis] to [William] Short, n.p.	William & Mary Libraries

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associatedWith	Bouchard, Giovanni,
associatedWith	Carney, Hayden E.,
associatedWith	Churchill, Sidney John Alexander, 1862-1921.
associatedWith	Harvard Art Museum Archives
associatedWith	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
associatedWith	McCarthy, Michael J., 1939-
associatedWith	Michel, Francisque, 1809-1887.
associatedWith	Morgan, John P. (John Pierpont), 1918-
associatedWith	Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
associatedWith	Mylne, Robert William, 1817-1890.