Title: Parte di ampio magnifico Porto all'uso degli antichi Romani, ove si scuopre l'interno della gran Piazza pel Comercio... (Part of a spacious and magnificent Harbor for the use of the ancient Romans opening onto a large market square...), from "Opere Varie di Archiettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano" (Various Works of Architecture, perspectives, grotesques, and antiquities; designed and etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect)
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1749–50
Portfolio: Opere Varie di Archiettura, prospettive, grotteschi, antichità; inventate, ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Veneziano
Artist:  Giovanni Battista Piranesi 
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching, engraving, drypoint; second state of seven (Robison)
Dimensions: Mat: 8 11/16 x 11 in. (22 x 28 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 3/16 in. (49.5 x 64 cm)
Plate: 15 3/4 x 21 7/16 in. (40 x 54.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Architecture, term: Arches, term: Ruins, term: Boats