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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.
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culture · Italian architect and artist (1720–1778) · painter · art historian · archaeologist · architect · etcher · graphic artist · engraver · visual artist · exlibrist · writer · also Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Gian Battista Piranesi, G. B. Piranesi, Piranèse, Dzhovanni Battista Piranezi, Giovan Battta Piranesi
Born 4 October 1720 · Died 9 November 1778 · Q316307
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Rochester Institute of Technology: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Architectural Digest: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Architectural Drawings Cantor Arts Center Stanford
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1778· 1 entry
Died 1778-11-09.
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1757· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1757).
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1720· 1 entry
Born 1720-10-04.
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