Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 625,000+ artworks, 56,000+ artists, and 850+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain by Giovanni Battista Piranesi — VisualArtsDB

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain

Palatial Courtyard with a Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1740–1778

Medium: Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on buff laid paper
Dimensions: 25.7 × 38.9 cm (10 1/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Genre: Pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingswashprints and drawingcoating (material)paper (fiber product)

More by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Staircase with Trophies

The Staircase with Trophies

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, from Views of Rome

View of Piazza Navona above the ruins of the Circus of Domitian, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

The Sawhorse, plate 12 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Views of Rome: Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli

Views of Rome: Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1756

The Monumental Tablet

The Monumental Tablet

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1745

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Views of Rome

Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762

Rear View of the Temple of Pola in Istria. 1. Rear view of another temple, plate 22 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

Rear View of the Temple of Pola in Istria. 1. Rear view of another temple, plate 22 from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Veduta dell'avanzo dell'Anfiteatro Castranse

Veduta dell'avanzo dell'Anfiteatro Castranse

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Catalogo delle Opere

Catalogo delle Opere

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1720

Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1749

View of the Customs House in Piazza di Pietra, which was built within the ruins of the Temple of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius in his Forum, from Views of Rome

View of the Customs House in Piazza di Pietra, which was built within the ruins of the Temple of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius in his Forum, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750