Illustration of the side of the theater, and the stage, cross-sections of the stairs, which go up to the Vomitoria, tavola 5 from "Il Teatro d'Ercolano" (The Theater at Herculaneum)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Il Teatro d'Ercolano
Artist: Francesco Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Rome 1758–1810 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1783
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/16 x 30 5/16 in. (54.5 x 77 cm)
Plate: 14 15/16 x 20 11/16 in. (38 x 52.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941