Giovanni Battista Piranesi
From the series “Vedute di Roma”
1764
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
From the series “Vedute di Roma”
1764
Physical Qualities
Etching, engraving, and stipple, Sheet: 529 x 729 mm. (20 13/16 x 28 11/16 in.)
Plate: 431 x 656 mm. (16 15/16 x 25 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.15839
Ruins of the Xystus [a long portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla]
Notes on Monumentality
Inscribed: lower right in plate: "Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala / delle terme Antoniane / Cavalier Piranesi F"
