View along the Via del Corso of the Palazzo dell'Accademia, established by Louis XIV, King of France for French students of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture..., from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
ca. 1750–78
Medium
Etching; third state of five (Hind)
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 29 5/16 in. (52 x 74.5 cm) Plate: 15 15/16 x 24 7/16 in. (40.5 x 62 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
41.71.1.16(29)
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About this artwork
This Etching; third state of five (Hind) by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi from ca. 1750–78 represents an important work in the Metropolitan Museum's Drawings and Prints collection. View along the Via del Corso of the Palazzo dell'A... [Full research-based description continues - work exemplifies period techniques, cultural context, and artistic significance within its genre and historical moment.]
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) was an Italian printmaker, architect, and antiquarian whose visionary etchings of Rome and imaginary prisons revolutionized architectural representation and profoundly influenced both Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Piranesi stands as one of the most important printmakers of the eighteenth century, fundamentally shaping European perceptions of ancient Rome an...