November 9, 2017
Printmaker and designer Giovanni Battista Piranesi Died on 9 November 1778 in Rome.

October 4, 2017
Printmaker and designer Giovanni Battista Piranesi was born on 4 October 1720 in Mogliano near Mestre.

March 4, 2016
Painter Giuseppe Cades was born on 4 March 1750 in Rome, where he soon became a well-respected history painter, decorator, and engraver.

February 11, 2016
In conjunction with the 295th birthday of artist and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi in October 2015, Penn State University Press published Piranesi’s Lost Words by Heather Hyde Minor , Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Notre Dame.

November 9, 2015
According to an early biographer, Giovanni Battista Piranesi made this statement that encapsulates his ambition as a printmaker, architect, and antiquarian.

August 20, 2015
Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center presents exhibition of final works by artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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