Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778
Veduta dell’esterno della gran Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano (View of the exterior of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican) from the series Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), ca. 1748
Artwork Details
Materials
etching
Edition:
4th state
Measurements
image area: 15 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (39.69 x 60.01 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 28 3/4 inches (53.02 x 73.02 cm)
Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Raymond T. Jones, Jr., 1947
Accession ID
P1947:1.12
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