Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778
Obelisco Egizio (Egyptian Obelisk) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), ca. 1759
Artwork Details
Materials
etching
Edition:
2nd state
Measurements
image area: 21 3/8 x 15 7/8 inches (54.29 x 40.32 cm); sheet: 28 5/8 x 20 3/4 inches (72.71 x 52.7 cm)
Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Raymond T. Jones, 1947
Accession ID
P1947:1.10
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