Francesco Piranesi Collection

Palazzo of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Seen from the Fontana dell'ovato, c.1783-c.1784
Palazzo of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Seen from the Fontana dell'Ovato, c.1783-c.1784. People making music and dancing

Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples, c.1783. The eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 8 August 1779 caused great panic among the Neapolitans

Illumination of the Holy Cross in St. Peter's, 1768-1804. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
Illumination of the Holy Cross in St. Peter's, 1768-1804

Prima Parte; Grotteschi; Carceri; Alcuna Vedute...; Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, pub 1800/1809
Prima Parte; Grotteschi; Carceri; Alcuna Vedute...; Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto, published 1800/1809

Antiquites de la Grande-Grece (volume I), published 1804. Creators: Francesco Piranesi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Antiquites de la Grande-Grece (volume I), published 1804. Antiquities of Greater Greece

View of the Door and Peristyle of the Temple of Vesta, 1780. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
View of the Door and Peristyle of the Temple of Vesta, 1780

The Warwick Vase, 1778-80. Creators: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Francesco Piranesi
The Warwick Vase, 1778-80. Ancient Roman marble excavated in Italy by Gavin Hamilton, and later owned by Lord Hamilton. It was pieced together over a long period of time from a large number of

Antique marble candleholder, 1778-80. Creators: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Antique marble candleholder, 1778-80. Candlestick said by Piranesi to have been found in 1769 at Pantanello, two miles from Tivoli

The Girandola at the Castel Sant Angelo, late 18th-early 19th century

Ceremony held in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican, 1787. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
Ceremony held in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican, 1787

View from the street entering beneath the gateway to the city of Pompeii, with the foot paths and the shops, from Antiquites de Pompeia, tome premier, Antiquites de la Grande Grece

View of the interior of the city of Pompeii, from Antiquites de Pompeia, tome premier, Antiquites de la Grande Grece... (Antiquities of Pompeii, volume one, Antiquities of Great Greece...), volume 1

View of Pompeii (Altra veduta della Stanza dove si preparava il Bogno Caldo... ).n.d

Prison Scene. n. d. Creator: Francesco Piranesi
Prison Scene.n.d. After Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Parti in grande restaurati de Trofei de Ottaviano Augusto (Restored detail of the Trophy of Octavian Augusto), ca. 1753

Fete pour la Paix Generale donnee a Paris le 18 Brumaire. Pont Royal, 1801-2

The Temple of Isis at Pompeii, 1788. Creator: Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758-1810)
The Temple of Isis at Pompeii, 1788. Trained as a stage designer and architect, Desprez was a talented watercolourist. He collaborated with Francesco Piranesi--the son of the more celebrated

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