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Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Only have an hour to spend?

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Exhibitions & Events
Featured exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Now on view
Art & Artists
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Piranesi, Giambattista

Venetian, 1720 - 1778

Displaying 421 - 432 of 515

Veduta della Piazza del Popolo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

probably 1747/1748

etching on laid paper Accession ID 1985.61.14

Not on view
Title Plate

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

probably 1747/1748

etching Accession ID 1943.10.1

Not on view
Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

probably 1747/1748

etching Accession ID 1943.10.49

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Veduta della Piazza di Monte Cavallo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

probably 1747/1748

etching on laid paper Accession ID 1985.61.15

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Veduta della Basilica di Sta. Maria Maggiore

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

probably 1747/1748

etching Accession ID 1943.10.14

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Veduta della Piazza Rotonda

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

probably 1747/1748

etching on laid paper Accession ID 1985.61.17

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The Carrying of the Cross

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1747

pen and gray-brown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down Accession ID 1989.66.1

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Prima Parte di Architetture, e Prospettive (First Edition, Third Issue)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

dated 1743 but printed 1747

1 vol: title plate (Robison 1, state iii), dedication page (reset text w/ initial "S" (Robison 14), 14 plates (R.2-3, 5-12 state ii; R.14-18 state i) Accession ID 1978.3.1

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Grottesco with the Tomb of Nero

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1747

pen and gray-brown ink over red chalk, tip of the brush with gray ink, gray wash Accession ID 1979.6.1

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A Fantastic Vase

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1746/1747

pen and brownish black ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper Accession ID 1986.63.1

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Fantastic Port Monument [left plate]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

late 1740s

etching and engraving [printed 1978] Accession ID 1979.32.1

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Fantastic Port Monument [right plate]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

late 1740s

etching and engraving [printed 1978] Accession ID 1979.32.2

Not on view