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Italian painter (1720-1778)
Also known as: Dzhovanni Battista Piranezi, G. B. Piranesi, Giambattista Piranesi, Gian Battista Piranesi, Giovan Battta Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
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Get your own suggestionsKnown works
- The complete etchings = (2000)
- Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette (Texts & Documents) (2002)
- Piranesi (1961)
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1978)
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi e la veduta a Roma e a Venezia nella prima metà del Settecento