Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1773, published 1800–07
View of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
View of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from Views of Rome
1773, published 1800–07
One of Giovanni Battista Piranesi's 'Views of Rome' ('Vedute di Roma'), this 18th-century etching depicts the great Renaissance gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli, with Piranesi's signature dramatic perspective magnifying the cypresses, terraces, and fountains. The Art Institute of Chicago holds a strong set of the 'Vedute di Roma', which together shaped the European Grand Tour's visual canon.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago