| LC control no. | n 79006767 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 |
| 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 2546239 0000000121179992 |
| Associated country | Italy |
| Birth date | 1720-10-04 |
| Death date | 1778-11-09 |
| Place of birth | Mogliano Veneto (Italy) |
| Place of death | Rome (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Etching |
| Profession or occupation | Etchers |
| Found in | Samuel, 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) |
| Associated language | ita |
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