The tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
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. 1762
Medium: Etching; first state of five (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 27 3/4 x 20 7/8 in. (70.5 x 53 cm)
Plate: 24 7/16 x 17 5/16 in. (62 x 44 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession year: 1956
Tags: Animals|Tombs|Ruins|Rome|Human Figures