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The Pyramid of Caius Cestius

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1755
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius, zoomed in

The Pyramid of Caius Cestius is a Neoclassical Etching and Paper Print created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1755. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Pyramid and Print. DownloadSee The Pyramid of Caius Cestius in the Kaleidoscope

Architecture, Perspectives, Grotesques, Antiquities, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Architecture, Perspectives, Grotesques, Antiquities

1749
The Grand Piazza, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Grand Piazza

1750
Interior Views of Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Interior Views of Rome

1768
Anna von Escher van Muralt, Angelica Kauffmann

Anna von Escher van Muralt

Angelica Kauffmann, 1800
Waterfalls at Tivoli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Waterfalls at Tivoli

1769
Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1806
Visions of the Daughters of Albion (Plate 4), William Blake

Visions of the Daughters of Albion (Plate 4)

William Blake, 1795
Peasant War print 4: Seizing Weapons, Käthe Kollwitz

Peasant War print 4: Seizing Weapons

Käthe Kollwitz, 1906
Plan of Rome, from Le Antichità Romane, Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plan of Rome, from Le Antichità Romane

1756

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