Veduta dell'Anfiteatro Favio, detto il Colosseo (View of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

1757

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

Among the earliest subjects of the Vedute, not surprisingly, was the seat of Christendom, Saint Peter’s Basilica, and many of the other subjects Piranesi etched and hoped to sell to tourists are the sites that visitors still seek out today—the Colosseum, the ancient arches and baths, the Piazza Navona, the Campidoglio, and the major churches.

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

platemark: 40.5 × 68.5 cm (15 15/16 × 26 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Arthur Ross Collection

Accession Number

2012.159.11.59

Geography

Made in Italy

Culture

Italian

Period

18th century

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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