The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, 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. 1756
Medium: Etching; first state of three (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 11/16 x 27 9/16 in. (52.5 x 70 cm)
Plate: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 in. (39 x 54 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Edward W. Root, Elihu Root Jr. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant III, 1937
Accession year: 1937
Tags: Rome|Architecture|Ruins