View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secreteriat, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Medium
Etching; first state of six (Hind)
Dimensions
Sheet: 19 1/8 x 27 9/16 in. (48.5 x 70 cm) Plate: 16 x 24 7/16 in. (40.6 x 62 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
55.567.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the eternal city through Giovanni Battista Piranesi's etching *View of the Palazzo della on the Quirinal housing Papal Secretariate*, from his renowned *Vedute di Roma* series (ca. 1760–78). This first-state impression captures the imposing Baroque facade of the Palazzo della Consulta a grand 18th-century palace on Rome's Quirinal Hill—one of the city's seven historic hills—that served as the seat of the Papal Secretariat. Piranesi, a Venetian architect-turned-printmaker, immortalized Rome's architectural splendor during the Grand Tour era, when wealthy Europeans flocked to Italy for...
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Bouchard & Gravier · 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...