Ruins of an ancient tomb in front of ruins of an ancient aqueduct (Ruine di Sepolcro antico posto dinanzi ad altre ruine d'un Aquedotto), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive (Part One of Architecture and Perspectives)
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1750
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate (Image): 14 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (36.9 × 24.4 cm)
Plate (Inscription): 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (2 × 24.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/16 × 13 3/16 in. (49.4 × 33.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Accession year: 1937
Tags: Aqueducts|Ruins