Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

John Marciari

John Marciari, Charles W. Engelhard Curator and Department Head, Drawings & Prints

All gallery talks and tours are free with museum admission; no tickets or reservations necessary.

The symposium is devoted to the drawings of the artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) and takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi on view at the Morgan from March 10 through June 4, 2023 and is presented by the Morgan Drawing Institute.

Piranesi’s Process: Drawings for the Prisons and other Early Works
John Marciari, Curatorial Chair, Morgan Library & Museum

Join our Morgan docents as they guide you on an up-close virtual exploration and discussion of several works in the Morgan’s temporary exhibition of the multi-talented artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi who became internationally famous working as a printmaker, designer, architect, archaeologist, theorist, dealer, and polemicist. The Morgan holds the largest and most important collection of Piranesi’s drawings. Please join our Zoom for a look at this fascinating impresario of 18th-century art.

Join our Morgan docents as they guide you on an up-close virtual exploration and discussion of several works in the Morgan’s temporary exhibition of the multi-talented artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi who became internationally famous working as a printmaker, designer, architect, archaeologist, theorist, dealer, and polemicist. The Morgan holds the largest and most important collection of Piranesi’s drawings. Please join our Zoom for a look at this fascinating impresario of 18th-century art.

Join our Morgan docents as they guide you on an up-close virtual exploration and discussion of several works in the Morgan’s temporary exhibition of the multi-talented artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi who became internationally famous working as a printmaker, designer, architect, archaeologist, theorist, dealer, and polemicist. The Morgan holds the largest and most important collection of Piranesi’s drawings. Please join our zoom for a look at this fascinating impresario of 18th century art.