The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
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. 1750–78
Medium: Etching; first state of three (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 1/16 x 28 3/4 in. (51 x 73 cm)
Plate: 15 3/16 x 21 1/4 in. (38.5 x 54 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941