Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi (4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'Invenzione).
Read more about Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Biography, The Views (Vedute), The Prisons (Carceri)
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