Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(1720–1778) italiensk konstnär, grafiker och arkitekt
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Giovanni Battista Piranesi belongs to the chapter ‘Rococo’ in this site’s history of art.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was born in Venice and died in Rome. Giovanni Battista Piranesi trained at Venice Water Authority. Giovanni Battista Piranesi studied under Giuseppe Vasi. Wikidata associates Giovanni Battista Piranesi with Neoclassicism. Giovanni Battista Piranesi became a member of Arcadian Academy. The awards include Order of the Golden Spur and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 168 works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi with free images. The dated works span the years 1740–1908. Works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Musea Brugge, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Vanderbilt Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alejandro González Velázquez, Johann Lucas Kracker, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, John Boydell, and Charles Eisen.