View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore with its two flanking wings, from "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome), part I
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; fourth state of six (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 29 5/16 in. (52 x 74.5 cm)
Plate: 15 3/4 x 21 5/8 in. (40 x 55 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941