Giovanni Battista Piranesi
（重定向自Piranesi, Giambattista）
![Self-portrait of Piranesi.](/Images/godic/202502/03/Piranesi-Portrait1854.jpg")
![The Pyramid of Cestius, etching](/Images/godic/202502/03/PiranesiPyramid1854.jpg")
![The Arch of Trajan at Benevento](/Images/godic/202502/03/PiranesiArchTrajanBenevento1854.jpg")
![The Colosseum, etching, 1757](/Images/godic/202502/03/Giovanni_Battista_Piranesi,_The_Colosseum1854.png")
Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista piraˈneːzi]; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Le Carceri d'Invenzione).