View of the magnificent substructure built to reinforce the base of the mountainside, and to make the Appian Way more conveneint and less steep between the valley and the two opposing hills, tavola 27 from "Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi" (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo described and etched by Giovambattista Piranesi)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1764–70
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (55 x 80 cm)
Plate: 17 x 26 15/16 in. (43.2 x 68.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941