Various Roman Ionic capitals compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Paoplo fuori le Mura, S. Clemente, etc.], from Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London), tab. 20
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: mid-18th century
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 15 3/4 x 23 9/16 in. (40 x 59.8 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. (54 x 80 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941
Tags: Architecture|Capitals