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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

LC control no.n 79006767
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Personal name headingPiranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
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Variant(s)Piranezi, Dzhovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Piranesi, G. B. (Giovanni Battista), 1720-1778
Piranèse, 1720-1778
Piranesi, Giovan Battista, 1720-1778
Piranesi, Gian Battista, 1720-1778
Piranesi, Giambattista, 1720-1778
Other standard no.Q316307
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Associated countryItaly
Birth date1720-10-04
Death date1778-11-09
Place of birthMogliano Veneto (Italy)
Place of deathRome (Italy)
Field of activityEtching
Profession or occupationEtchers
Found inSamuel, A.M. Piranesi, 1912: t.p. (Piranesi) p. 1 (Giovanni Battista Piranesi)
Batsford, B.T. A catalogue of prints of views in Rome and Paestum by G.B. Piranesi, 1913: t.p. (G.B. Piranesi)
His Piranèse, c1974 (1980 printing): t.p. (Piranèse)
His Vedute di Roma, c1991: t.p. (Giovan Battista Piranesi)
Dizionario enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori e degli incisori italiani, 1972 (Piranesi, Giovanni Battista; b 4 Oct 1720; d. 9 Nov. 1778)
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire, 1946: t.p. (Gian Battista Piranesi)
McGraw-Hill encyc. of world art (Piranesi, Giovanni Battista)
vrford comp. to art., 1970 (Piranesi, Giovanni Battista)
Die Tempelruinen von Paestum, 1973: t.p. (Giambattista Piranesi)
LC database, Oct. 2, 1996 (Piranesi, Giambattista, 1720-1778)
Wikipedia, viewed December 10, 2014 (Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi (4 October 1720 - 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons"; born in Mogliano Veneto, near Treviso, then part of the Republic of Venice; died in Rome)
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