Bound Volume I of "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities) opening with 1779 portrait of Giambattista after Cades and title page dedicated to Gustav III of Sweden, a plan of Rome, followed by many other plates

Title: Bound Volume I of "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities) opening with 1779 portrait of Giambattista after Cades and title page dedicated to Gustav III of Sweden, a plan of Rome, followed by many other plates

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)

Engraver: Francesco Piranesi (Italian, Rome 1758–1810 Paris)

Artist: Giuseppe Cades (Italian, Rome 1750–1799 Rome)

Date: 1756–79

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 17 in. (57.8 x 43.2 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number: 2012.136.955(1–77)