The Octagonal Room in the Small Baths at the Villa of Hadrian (Tivoli)
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1777
Medium: Red chalk over black chalk or charcoal with partly ruled construction; sheet glued onto secondary paper support
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 21 3/4in. (39.4 x 55.3cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift and George and Lisa McFadden Gift, 1994
Accession year: 1994
Tags: Buildings|Ruins