Page 1. Vignette [head-piece]; Ram's head and sacrificial instruments, from "Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano" (Concerning two caves embellished by the ancients on the bank of Lake Albano)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Di due spelonche ornate dagli antichi alla Riva del Lago Albano
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: 7 11/16 x 11 1/2 in. (19.5 x 29.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941