Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (died 1778)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian architect and artist (1720–1778)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.