On view at this exhibition, dedicated to the famous engraver Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), are a selection of 35 etchings from Piranesi’s impressive work: “Views of Rome”.
Faithfully, albeit with a dramatic touch, the “Rembrandt of the Ruins” (as he was called in 1779 by Giovanni Ludovico Bianconi in his biography “Historic Eulogy of Cavalier Giambattista Piranesi”) depicted ancient Roman monuments, such as triumphal arches or Castel Sant’Angelo, so passionately as to restore souls to inanimate things. There is also an opportunity at the exhibition at the Casa di Goethe to view the lone work in Italy which has been attributed to Goethe: “Italian Countryside with Monastery” dated June 1787. (on permanent loan from Rechburg & Betzkoj Associates (RB) ).
INFO
Address: Casa di Goethe
Via del Corso, 18
Telephone: 06 32650412
Fax: 0039 06 32650449
Email: info@casadigoethe.it
When
Tuesdays to Sundays from10 a.m to 6 p.m.; Mondays closed.
PRICES
Full Price: € 4.00
Reduced Price: € 3.00
Guided visits are available without booking every Sunday at 11 a.m.
Further information is available at: www.estateromana.comune.roma.it
