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    Francesco Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko piraˈneːzi; -eːsi]; 1758/59 – 23 January 1810) was an Italian engraver, etcher and architect. He...
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    (Carceri d'invenzione). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi. Piranesi was born in Venice, in the parish of San Moisè...
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  • Piranesi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778), Italian artist Francesco Piranesi (1758/59–1810)...
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    Raccolta de' tempj antichi, tav. // Opere di Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Francesco Piranesi e d'altri. Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 1835-1839. Tomo 6. James...
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    Giovanni Battista Piranesi, and brother, Francesco Piranesi. Laura Piranesi was born in Rome in 1754. The eldest of five Piranesi children, Laura had...
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    Holy Child by Vincenzo de' Rossi. To the sides are paintings (1661) by Francesco Cozza, one of the Virtuosi: Adoration of the Shepherds on left side and...
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    never fully completed, is represented in a famous copper engraving by Francesco Piranesi from 1785. It seems that Memmo commissioned this and other representations...
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    frescoes in the salone of Villa Lante, on the Janiculum Hill in Rome. Francesco Piranesi and Tommaso Piroli published these frescoes in a series of engravings...
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    by Francesco Piranesi in "Monumenti degli Scipioni." Francesco was completing a previous incomplete work by his father, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who...
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  • Carlo Fontana, and Borsani Claudio. The Spanish Steps in an engraving by Piranesi Facade of Trinità dei Pellegrini The Steps in a 1908 photograph (in Italian)...
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