Cross-sections of the wooden system, which supports the painted canvases of the curtain, tavola 8 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 1/2 in. (54.5 x 77.5 cm)
Plate: 15 3/16 x 20 7/8 in. (38.5 x 53 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941