Longitudinal section and reconstruction of the same shrine, tavola 4 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 31 1/2 in. (55 x 80 cm)
Plate: 16 5/16 x 24 1/2 in. (41.5 x 62.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941