Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero which were to be destroyed on account of their age but remained standing by order of Pope Clement XIV, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Vedute di Roma
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1750–78
Medium: Etching; first state of four (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 1/16 x 28 15/16 in. (51 x 73.5 cm)
Plate: 19 1/8 x 27 7/8 in. (48.5 x 70.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941