Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Le Antichità Romane
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1756
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. (52 x 72 cm)
Plate: 18 5/16 x 20 3/8 in. (46.5 x 51.7 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Tools|Architecture