Bound Volume I of Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities) opening with 1779 portrait of Giambattista after Cades and title page dedicated to Gustav III of Sweden, a plan of Rome, followed by many other plates
Object type: Book
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Francesco Piranesi|Giuseppe Cades
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome|Italian, Rome 1758–1810 Paris|Italian, Rome 1750–1799 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Engraver|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1756–79
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 17 in. (57.8 x 43.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012