Giovanni Battista Piranesi
ca. 1748 · Etching · Drawings and Prints
Frontispiece: a monument decorated with the Medici coat of arms at top in center, flames at top to either side, a hooded figure on right side of monument with a weasel below, a figure to left side wearing a papal crown, a scene of a monk chasing away demons with a cross on base of monument, from 'Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert' (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert)Stefano della Bella
Title page, from "Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide..." (The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column)Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Frontispiece to "Roman Antiquities outside Rome drawn and etched by Giambat'ta Piranesi, Venetian Architect Part Two" (ANTCHITÀ ROMANE FUORI DI ROMA DISEGNATE ED INCISE DA GIAMBAT'TA PIRANESI, ARCHITETTO VENEZIANO, PARTE SECONDA)Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title page: volume IV, 'The Antiquities of Rome by Giambatista Piranesi, Venetian Architect. Volume 4, containing the ancient bridges, the remains of theaters, of porticoes, and of other monuments of Rome' (Le antichità romane di Giambatista Piranesi architetto veneziano. Tomo quarto, contenente i ponti antichi, gli avanzi de' teatri, de' portici, e di altri monumenti di Roma), from the series 'Roman Antiquities' (Le Antichità Romane)Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Frontispiece, from Scelta d'Alcuni Miracoli e Grazie della Santissima Nunziata di Firenze (Selection of Some Miracles and Graces that Occurred in the Church of the Annunziata in Florence)Matteo Rosselli|Jacques Callot
Two Angels Seated on CloudsClaude Mellan
Title plate for the series 'The Labors of Hercules' with the arms of Cardinal Francesco Maria de MonteAntonio Tempesta|Nicolaus van Aelst
Frontispiece to "Opere varie di architettura, prospettive grotesshi antichità"Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Title Page, from Barberinae aulae fornixPietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares and Duke of Sanlucar|Anonymous, Italian, 17th century
The Island of the Beata Vergine delle GrazieGiacomo Guardi
Frontispiece for 'Instructions for Chancellors' (Instruzione a' Cancellieri): Medici coat of arms at top center, below two allegorical females, between them a dove holding olive branches in its mouth, Florentine landscape at bottom centerStefano della Bella
Frontispiece from "Vedute di Roma"Giovanni Battista Piranesi