Ruins of Egyptian and Greek monuments, from "Opere Varie di Architettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incesa da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of architecture, perspective, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian
Not on view
This plate first appeared in the Lettere di Giustificazione scritte a Milord Charlement as a later state of the title page. Beginning in the early 1760s, Piranesi incorporated a version of this plate into the revised edition of the Opera Varie.