The Skeletons, from "Grotteschi" (Grotesques)
Medium
Etching with engraving, drypoint, and burnishing; second state of five (Robison)
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 3/16 in. (49.5 x 64 cm) Plate: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (39 x 54 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession Number
37.45.3(38)
Tags
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Giovanni Bouchard · 1720–1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) was an Italian printmaker, architect, and antiquarian whose visionary etchings of Rome and imaginary prisons revolutionized architectural representation and profoundly influenced both Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Piranesi stands as one of the most important printmakers of the eighteenth century, fundamentally shaping European perceptions of ancient Rome an...