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The Artists

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1720 — 1778

Making a solid living from Etchings

Making a solid living from Etchings

“I need to produce great ideas, and I believe that if I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it.”  Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Arch of Titus

Arch of Titus

1748
Architecture, Perspectives, Grotesques, Antiquities

Architecture, Perspectives, Grotesques, Antiquities

1749
The Grand Piazza

The Grand Piazza

1750
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius

1755
Elevation and Plan of Theater of Marcellus

Elevation and Plan of Theater of Marcellus

1756
Plan of a Tomb on the Appian Way in Vigna Buonamici

Plan of a Tomb on the Appian Way in Vigna Buonamici

1756
Plan of Rome / From Le Antichità Romane

Plan of Rome / From Le Antichità Romane

1756
Appian Way

Appian Way

1756
Imaginary Prisons: Title Plate

Imaginary Prisons: Title Plate

1761
The Man on the Rack

The Man on the Rack

1761
Ponte Molle

Ponte Molle

1762
Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de' Romani

Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de' Romani

1765
Temple of Bacchus

Temple of Bacchus

1767
Hadrian's Villa

Hadrian's Villa

1768
Interior Views of Rome

Interior Views of Rome

1768
Chimneypiece in Greek Style

Chimneypiece in Greek Style

1769
Waterfalls at Tivoli

Waterfalls at Tivoli

1769
Chimneypiece: Frieze of Trophies and Winged Victories

Chimneypiece: Frieze of Trophies and Winged Victories

1769
Caffè degli Inglesi

Caffè degli Inglesi

1769
View of St. Peter's and the Piazza

View of St. Peter's and the Piazza

1775
Aqueduct of Nero

Aqueduct of Nero

1775
Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro

Hadrian's Villa: The Piazza d'Oro

1776
Catalogo delle Opere

Catalogo delle Opere

1861
1701
A printmaker analyzes taste — and beauty comes out on top
William Hogarth
A dynasty of royal painters
The Family of Nainsukh Giovanni Battista Piranesi
A disgraced silversmith, last of a dynasty
François-Thomas Germain
We're all young and hot — let's make out
Jean-Honoré Fragonard 1800

The artists of Neoclassicism

Angelica KauffmannPortrait of Angelica Kauffmann

Angelica Kauffmann — A feminist prodigy charms the European elite

1741-1807
William-Adolphe BouguereauPortrait of William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau — A natural academic creates beauty by the rules

1825-1905
Alexandre CabanelPortrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel — Favorite of the salon, a classical painter with an erotic edge

1823-1889
Jacques-Louis DavidPortrait of Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David — Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk

1748-1825
Élisabeth Vigée Le BrunPortrait of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun — Painted for Marie Antoinette and never made a dime

1755-1842
Mary Edmonia LewisPortrait of Mary Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis — African-American and Native American woman takes over the world of Italian sculpture

1844-1907
Joseph Ducreux

Joseph Ducreux — Renaissance painter wins the internet

1735-1802
Anne-Louis GirodetPortrait of Anne-Louis Girodet

Anne-Louis Girodet — A phenom works himself to death

1767-1824
Antonio CanovaPortrait of Antonio Canova

Antonio Canova — A global titan of neoclassical sculpture

1757-1822
Théodore GéricaultPortrait of Théodore Géricault

Théodore Géricault — Bigger is better

1798-1863
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresPortrait of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres — Guardian of the old ways

1780-1867
Giovanni Battista PiranesiPortrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi — Making a solid living from Etchings

1720-1778

The artists of Baroque

CaravaggioPortrait of Caravaggio

Caravaggio — How a murderer invented Baroque painting

1571-1610
Rembrandt van RijnPortrait of Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn — Your sins and your good deeds will leave a mark

1606-1669
Judith LeysterPortrait of Judith Leyster

Judith Leyster — Jovial portraitist forgotten for 200 years

1609-1660
Artemisia GentileschiPortrait of Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi — Heads will roll

1593-1656
Peter Paul RubensPortrait of Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens — A great painter — but a perfect entrepreneur

1577-1640
Anthony van DyckPortrait of Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck — Foppish men, elegant women, and cavalier style

1599-1641
Mary BealePortrait of Mary Beale

Mary Beale — Mary brings home the bacon

1633-1699
Elisabetta SiraniPortrait of Elisabetta Sirani

Elisabetta Sirani — The mysterious death of a young art teacher

1638-1665
Johannes Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer — Can you cheat at art?

1632-1675
Georges de La Tour

Georges de La Tour — A Caravaggisti embraces silence

1593-1652
Clara PeetersPortrait of Clara Peeters

Clara Peeters — A mysterious woman paints hyperrealistic brunch

1589-1657
Diego VelázquezPortrait of Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez — The apex of Baroque portraiture

1599-1660
Giovanni Battista PiranesiPortrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi — Making a solid living from Etchings

1720-1778
Gian Lorenzo BerniniPortrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo Bernini — Making marble move

1598-1680
Trophime Bigot

Trophime Bigot — Candle Master

1579-1650
Giovanna GarzoniPortrait of Giovanna Garzoni

Giovanna Garzoni — Travel, socialize, paint lemons and beans

1600-1670
Louise MoillonPortrait of Louise Moillon

Louise Moillon — The original peaches-as-butts emoji

1610-1696
Joseph Wright of DerbyPortrait of Joseph Wright of Derby

Joseph Wright of Derby — The birth of science out of fire

1734-1797