View of the rear entrance of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, from Veduta di Roma (Roman Views)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Vedute di Roma
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Bouchard & Gravier
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome|Rome
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1742
Medium: Etching; first state of five (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 30 in. (46 x 76.2 cm)
Plate: 15 13/16 x 24 3/16 in. (40.2 x 61.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. David Keppel, 1960
Accession year: 1960
Tags: Buildings|Obelisks|Rome|Architecture