View of St. Peter's Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, 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. 1748
Medium: Etching; fourth state of seven (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 11/16 x 28 15/16 in. (52.5 x 73.5 cm)
Plate: 15 15/16 x 21 1/2 in. (40.5 x 54.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Edward W. Root, Elihu Root Jr. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant III, 1937
Accession year: 1937
Tags: Obelisks|Cathedrals|Rome