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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: career timeline

Italian · 1720–1778 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 175 of 565 lots (31% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1740s3124$3.6kSign upEtching
1750s4636$693Sign upEtching
1760s4031$930Sign upEtching
1770s5742$1kSign upEtching

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1740s 31 works

Sold
24 of 31
Median
$3.6kSign up
Average
$8.2kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 17 in (54 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Etching (28), Other (3)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (1), Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

1750s 46 works

Sold
36 of 46
Median
$693Sign up
Average
$981Sign up
Typical size
16 × 24 in (41 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Etching (43), Engraving (2), Other (1)
Subjects
—
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…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

1760s 40 works

Sold
31 of 40
Median
$930Sign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
17 × 24 in (43 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Etching (37), Engraving (2), Other (1)
Subjects
—
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…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

1770s 57 works

Sold
42 of 57
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$3.6kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 27.5 in (47 × 70 cm)
Mediums
Etching (49), Engraving (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 33 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

390 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 21 works

Sold
16 of 21
Median
$447Sign up
Average
$739Sign up
Typical size
16 × 22.5 in (41 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Etching (18), Engraving (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—
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…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 70 works

Sold
49 of 70
Median
$450Sign up
Average
$827Sign up
Typical size
18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Etching (44), Engraving (14), Print (other) (6)
Subjects
—
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…and 58 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 299 works

Sold
78 of 299
Median
$380Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 23.5 in (44 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Etching (207), Other (60), Engraving (22)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Harbours & ports (1), Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 287 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Giovanni Battista Piranesi auction results →