Title:
Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above..., plate 1 from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part one of Architecture and Perspectives)
Series/Portfolio:
Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive inventate, ed incise da Giambatista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseio
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
Date:
printed 1800–09
Medium:
Etching; fourth state of five (Robison)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (55 x 40 cm)
Plate: 14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in. (38 x 25.5 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Object Number:
41.71.1.8(2)