# Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist galleries · hang 750 · 4 works

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778). Every work of theirs in the collection, in today's hang.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort \[the Poecile\], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-the-remains-of-the-praetorian-fort-the-poecile-hadri-aic-48121), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/giovanni-battista-piranesi/view-of-the-remains-of-the-praetorian-fort-the-poecile-hadri-aic-48121?hang=750)
2. [The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-lion-bas-reliefs-plate-5-from-imaginary-prisons-aic-7353), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/giovanni-battista-piranesi/the-lion-bas-reliefs-plate-5-from-imaginary-prisons-aic-7353?hang=750)
3. [The Round Tower, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-round-tower-from-carceri-d-invenzione-imaginary-prisons-met-337725), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/giovanni-battista-piranesi/the-round-tower-from-carceri-d-invenzione-imaginary-prisons-met-337725?hang=750)
4. [View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of Rome](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-the-villa-of-his-eminence-cardinal-alessandro-albani-aic-48151), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769, published 1800–07. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/giovanni-battista-piranesi/view-of-the-villa-of-his-eminence-cardinal-alessandro-albani-aic-48151?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More Rococo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo?hang=750&via=continue) (21 works)
- [18th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-italy?hang=750&via=continue) (49 works)