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Piranesi

Architectural visions, Roman ruins and impossible prisons

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) transformed architecture into a theatre of the imagination. His etchings make stairs, bridges, ruins and stonework feel at once precise and impossible.

This focused selection brings together twelve works chosen for their graphic structure, architectural drama and sense of atmosphere. They are made to give a study, reading room or gallery wall a point of view.

12 featured prints

The Gothic Arch from Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Piranesi 12

Featured prints

Prints for real rooms.

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The Gothic Arch from Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi View print

The Gothic Arch

Architectural Etching

Piranesi’s impossible Gothic architecture turns staircases, bridges and shadow into a maze without a destination.

From $81.95 · 4 sizes

Fantasy of an Ancient Bath View print

Fantasy of an Ancient Bath

Architectural Capriccio

Columns, water and imagined ruins gather into a lucid architectural dream—quietly dramatic, richly detailed and built for contemplation.

From $81.95 · 4 sizes

The Prisons View print

The Prisons

Imaginary Prisons

Piranesi’s most haunting architecture unfolds as an endless interior of stairs, arches and shadow—precise, monumental and impossible.

From $81.95 · 4 sizes

The Tomb of Nero View print

The Tomb of Nero

Roman Ruin Etching

A stark Roman ruin at the edge of the landscape, where weathered stone and open air give the composition its quiet gravity.

From $81.95 · 4 sizes