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From the series “Vedute di Roma”

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"

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1719–1777

Italian, 1720-1778
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