Title: The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1750
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 nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate (Image): 9 5/16 × 14 3/16 in. (23.7 × 36.1 cm)
Plate (Inscription): 1 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (3 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/16 × 19 7/16 in. (33.5 × 49.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buildings, term: Obelisks