Title page, from "Descrizione e Disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano di Gio Battista Piranesi" (Description and Design of the Emissarium of Lake Alboano by Gio. Battista Piranesi)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Descrizione e Disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano di Gio Battista Piranesi
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1762
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (55 x 40 cm)
Plate: 16 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (42.5 x 27 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941