Francesco Piranesi

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Francesco Piranesi (* 1756 (or 1758 ?) In Rome , † January 23, 1810 in Paris ) was an Italian engraver and architect .

Francesco Piranesi was the son of the engraver , archaeologist and architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi . Like his father, he created etchings of monuments in the city of Rome, whereby he, like his father, paid special attention to ancient buildings and works of art, including the Baths of Diocletian . In 1785 he also drew the first commercially available plan of Pompeii , which was published in two further, revised versions by 1793. He also made pictures of various architectural monuments in Pompeii, such as the tomb of the priestess Mamia or the Temple of Isis. In 1798 he went to France. His siblings Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi were also successful artists.

Publications

  • Differentes vues de quelques restes de trois grande édifices qui substitent encore dans le milie V de l'ancienne ville de Pesto autrement posidonia que est situee dans la Lucanie. Rome 1778.
  • Raccolta de 'Tempj Antichi, prima parte, che comprende i tempj di Vesta madre, ossia della terra, e della Sibilla, ambedue in Tivoli, e dell'Onore, e della Virtù fuori di Porta Capena. Rome 1780.
  • Il Teatro d'Ercolano. Rome 1783.
  • Monumenti degli Scipioni. Rome 1785.
  • Choix des meilleurs statues antiques. 1786.
  • Raccolta de 'Tempj Antichi, seconda parte, che contiene il celebre Panteon Rome 1790.
  • with Nicolas Xavier Willemin: Choix de costumes civils et militaires des peuples de l'antiquité, leurs instrumens de musique, leurs meubles, et les décorations intérieures de leurs maisons, d'apres les monumens antiques, avec un texte tiré des anciens auteurs. Part 1 Paris 1798, Part 2 Paris 1802.
  • Antiquités de la Grande Grèce, aujourd'hui royaume de Naples. Paris 1807.

literature

  • Valentin Kockel : Archeology and Politics. Francesco Piranesi and his three Pompeii plans. In: Rivista di Studi Pompei. Volume 11, 2000, pp. 33-46.
  • Corinna Höper, Susanne Grötz: Giovanni Battista, Laura, Francesco and Pietro Piranesi: all etchings. VDG, Weimar 2003, ISBN 3-89739-376-X

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personal data
SURNAME Piranesi, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piranesi, Franceso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian engraver and architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1756 or 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1810
Place of death Paris