View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1748
Medium: Etching; first state of seven (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 27 9/16 in. (50.5 x 70 cm)
Plate: 15 13/16 x 24 in. (40.2 x 61 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
Accession year: 1955
Tags: Rome|Churches