Ancient Roman forum surrounded by porticoes, with loggias, some of which communicate with the Imperial Palace and others with the prisons... (Foro antico romano circondata da portici, con logge, alcune delle quali si uniscono al Palazzo Imperiale...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive (Part One of Architecture and Perspectives)
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1750
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate (Image): 9 9/16 × 14 3/16 in. (24.3 × 36 cm)
Plate (Inscription): 11/16 × 14 3/16 in. (1.7 × 36 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 19 7/16 in. (33.7 × 49.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession year: 1937
Tags: Architecture|Fountains