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After the death of Giovanni Batista in 1778, Francesco Piranesi continued his father's business. Like Piranesi, Francesco was also a documentarist of ancient buildings and can be considered an early archaeologist. But hand in hand with the redrawing goes the invention, the theatrical elevation of the buildings and ruins, after all, the Piranesis lived in the late Baroque or early Classicism. He meticulously recorded the Diocletian Baths in etchings, but also views of the rediscovered and excavated Pompeii, including the ancient temple of Isis or the tomb of the priestess Mamia. Francesco Piranesi published the first plan of the excavated city. While still with his father, he travelled to Pompeii and Paestum, and after his death he continued the graphic work, which is still of great importance today.
Piranesi also worked as a spy. He stole compromising letters from the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies on behalf of the Swedish regent, which led to his death sentence. When the French revolutionary troops occupied Italy, he won the trust of the French and became one of the representatives of the short-lived Roman Republic. After their fall, he went to Paris and opened a branch of his company there with his brother Pietro, which they called "Piranesi Frères". There they were able to acquire not only engravings, but also terracotta vases, imitations of antique Etruscan pieces, which even pleased the Napoleonic imperial family. With Napoleon's help, he was able to save his business after his brother bailed out. The condition was that he should now devote himself entirely to printmaking. But this did not come to pass: Piranesi died in 1810 at the age of only 53 years, according to rumours, of syphilis. His extensive graphic work came into papal custody a few years later.
The fascinating artistic work and turbulent life of the restless Francesco Piranesi is still unjustly overshadowed by his father. It is worth rediscovering!
Without the Piranesis family of artists and architects, we would know far less about the state of the ruins of ancient Rome in the 18th century. Francesco Piranesi learned the art of etching and copperplate engraving from his father Giovanni Batista, who is still famous today for his city views of Rome and his inventions of labyrinthine dungeon rooms. Francesco worked together with his siblings Laura and Pietro as etcher and draughtsman in his father's workshop. For years Francesco assisted him, so that many works cannot be clearly attributed to the father's or son's hand.
After the death of Giovanni Batista in 1778, Francesco Piranesi continued his father's business. Like Piranesi, Francesco was also a documentarist of ancient buildings and can be considered an early archaeologist. But hand in hand with the redrawing goes the invention, the theatrical elevation of the buildings and ruins, after all, the Piranesis lived in the late Baroque or early Classicism. He meticulously recorded the Diocletian Baths in etchings, but also views of the rediscovered and excavated Pompeii, including the ancient temple of Isis or the tomb of the priestess Mamia. Francesco Piranesi published the first plan of the excavated city. While still with his father, he travelled to Pompeii and Paestum, and after his death he continued the graphic work, which is still of great importance today.
Piranesi also worked as a spy. He stole compromising letters from the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies on behalf of the Swedish regent, which led to his death sentence. When the French revolutionary troops occupied Italy, he won the trust of the French and became one of the representatives of the short-lived Roman Republic. After their fall, he went to Paris and opened a branch of his company there with his brother Pietro, which they called "Piranesi Frères". There they were able to acquire not only engravings, but also terracotta vases, imitations of antique Etruscan pieces, which even pleased the Napoleonic imperial family. With Napoleon's help, he was able to save his business after his brother bailed out. The condition was that he should now devote himself entirely to printmaking. But this did not come to pass: Piranesi died in 1810 at the age of only 53 years, according to rumours, of syphilis. His extensive graphic work came into papal custody a few years later.
The fascinating artistic work and turbulent life of the restless Francesco Piranesi is still unjustly overshadowed by his father. It is worth rediscovering!
.jpg "Eruption of Mt Vesuvius, Seen from the Ponte della Maddalena in Naples by Francesco Piranesi")
.jpg "Fireworks Called the Girandola by Francesco Piranesi")
.jpg "Palazzo of the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, Seen from the Fontana dell’Ovato by Francesco Piranesi")
.jpg "Illumination of the Holy Cross in St. Peter")
.jpg "Grotto of Pausillipo by Francesco Piranesi")
.jpg "Fête pour la Paix Générale donnée à Paris le 18 Brumaire. Pont et Place de la Concorde, 1801-2 by Francesco Piranesi")
.jpg "Festival for General Peace Given in Paris on 18 Brumaire by Francesco Piranesi")
.jpg "Palazzo della Consulta by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "The Temple of Isis at Pompeii by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Back part of the Pantheon with the remains of the Baths of Agrippa, which lean against it by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Internal View of the Pantheon Commonly Called the Rotunda by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Girandola at Castel Sant’Angelo by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Ceremony held in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Carceri Series, Plate XIV by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli, Now Called St. George by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Ichnography of the Ancient State of the Pantheon by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of Ruins in Pompeii by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Pantheon, plate XXVIII by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Statue of Vesta, Mother or of the Earth, now existing in the Villa Estense in Tivoli by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Plan of the Temple of Honor and Virtue, now Church of St. Urban outside the Porta S. Sebastiano by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Section of the Pronaos or Portico of the Temple of Honor and Virtue by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Pantheon, Plate XXVII by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Ruins of the Temple of Castor, from the Album Antiquities of Cora by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of the Gate and Peristyle of the Temple of Vesta, commonly called the Sibyl in Tivoli by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of Pompeii by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Prison Scene by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Ichnography of the Interior and Exterior Parts of the Pantheon Dome by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Interior of St. Peter’s, with the Illumination of the Cross of St. Peter by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Pantheon, Plate XIX by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Cross-sections Showing Different Aspects of the Buildings in the Plan of Pompeii by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Large Demonstration of Some Parts of the Portico of the Pantheon by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Pantheon, Plate XXI by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Pantheon, Plate XVIII by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of the interior of the city of Pompeii, from Antiquities of Pompeii, tome premier, 1804 by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "The Villa Medici by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Demonstration of various ornaments of the Temple of Vesta, proving the symbols of this Deity by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Temple of Juno in Paestum by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of the Pantheon of Agrippa, now Church of St. Mary of the Martyrs by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Transcription of Various Ancient Latin Inscriptions by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View from the street entering beneath the gateway to the city of Pompeii by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Illumination of the Quay and Pont des Tuileries by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Fireworks on the Seine by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Title Print with Remains of the Temple of Neptune in Paestum by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Restored detail of the Trophies of Octavian Augustus by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Large Demonstration of Some Parts of the Portico of the Pantheon by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Interior View of the Temple by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Prospect of the Temple of Honor and Virtue outside the Porta S. Sebastiano by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Topography of the Factories Discovered in the City of Pompeii by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Demonstration of the external and internal views of the bell window of the Temple of Vesta by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Large Moldings of the Parts of the Temple of Honor and Virtue by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Frontispiece by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of the Door and Peristyle of the Temple of Vesta by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Giovanni Battista Piranesi by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of the Tomb of Marnia by Francesco Piranesi")
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.jpg "Topography of the Factories Discovered in the City of Pompeii by Francesco Piranesi")
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