Decorative ceiling with Victories and fighting animals in relief from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

Title: Decorative ceiling with Victories and fighting animals in relief from Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II" (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments designed and etched by Cavalieri Giovanni Battista Piranesi)

Series/Portfolio: Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, Vol. II

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

Date: 1778–80

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: Plate: 27 3/4 x 37 15/16 in. (70.5 x 96.3 cm)
Sheet: 29 5/16 x 40 3/16 in. (74.5 x 102 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library

Object Number: 41.71.1.13(11)