Plate 12: Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum. 1. Arch of Constantine. 2. Palatine Hill. (Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo in Roma. 1. Arco di Costantino. 2. Monte Palatino.), from "Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Antichità Romane de' Tempi della Repubblica, e de' primi Imperatori (Roman Antiquity of the Time of the Republic and the First Emperors)
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1748
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 5 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (13.4 × 27.4 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (33.3 × 48 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession year: 1937
Tags: Buildings