View of the Campo Vaccino (Roman Forum with the Temple of Castor and Pollux to right), from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
ca. 1750–78
Medium
Etching; first state of four (Hind)
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 29 1/8 in. (51 x 74 cm) Plate: 18 11/16 x 28 1/8 in. (47.5 x 71.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession Number
41.71.1.17(36)
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...