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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Making a living from etchings

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Artists

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

“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

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian Printmaker born on October 4, 1720. Battista Piranesi contributed to the Neoclassical and Baroque movements and died on November 17, 1778.

Alexandre Cabanel, The Artists

Portrait of Alexandre Cabanel

Alexandre Cabanel

Creativity vs the Académie

Jacques-Louis David, The Artists

Portrait of Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David

Virtuoso painter, political chameleon, complete jerk

Benjamin West, The Artists

Portrait of Benjamin West

Benjamin West

Peter Paul Rubens, The Artists

Portrait of Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Great painter, perfect entrepreneur

Claude Lorrain, The Artists

Portrait of Claude Lorrain

Claude Lorrain

Trophime Bigot, The Artists

Trophime Bigot

Candle Master

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The Family of Nainsukh

Marianne Loir

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Anna Dorothea Therbusch

George Stubbs

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