Ornamental capital "S", Prefazione agli studiosi delle Antichità Romane (Preface to the scholars of Roman antiquities), from "Le Antichità Romane" (Roman Antiquities), tome 1
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Le Antichità Romane, tome 1
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi|Angelo Rotili
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome| 
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1756–57
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. (54 x 39 cm)
plate: 7 3/8 x 4 1/8 in. (18.8 x 10.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
Accession year: 1941