Frontsipiece: Fantasy of Ruins with a statue of Minerva in the center foreground, from "Vedute di Roma" (Roman Views), part II
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Vedute di Roma
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1750–78
Medium: Etching; fifth state of seven (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 25 3/16 x 28 3/4 in. (64 x 73 cm)
Plate: 19 11/16 x 21 7/8 in. (50 x 55.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941