View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
ca. 1748
Medium
Etching; first state of seven (Hind)
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 27 9/16 in. (50.5 x 70 cm) Plate: 15 13/16 x 24 in. (40.2 x 61 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
Accession Number
55.567.1
Tags
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...