Title: View of the exterior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1748
Portfolio: Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Artist:  Giovanni Battista Piranesi 
Artist bio: Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching; first state of seven (Hind)
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 27 9/16 in. (50.5 x 70 cm)
Plate: 15 13/16 x 24 in. (40.2 x 61 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1955
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Churches, term: Rome