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.

“Ornaments drawn to perfection“: The Rediscovery of Nicolas François Daniel Lhuillier, Draughtsman for Piranesi and his Contemporaries
Georg Kabierske, Ph.D. student, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

Piranesi’s Architectural Drawings
Mario Bevilacqua, Professor of the History of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome

Francesco Piranesi, a Draughtsman indistinguishable from his Father?
Christoph Frank, Professor, Academy of Architecture, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano

Held Friday, June 2, 2023.