Veduta dell'insigne Basilica Vaticana coll'ampio Portico, e Piazza adjacente (View of the Famous Vatican Basilica with its Spacious Portico, and Adjacent Piazza) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

1775

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: 45 × 70.5 cm (17 11/16 × 27 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: The Arthur Ross Collection
Accession Number: 2012.159.11.120
Geography: Made in Italy
Culture: Italian
Period: 18th century
Classification: Prints
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William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Veduta dell'insigne Basilica Vaticana coll'ampio Portico, e Piazza adjacente (View of the Famous Vatican Basilica with its Spacious Portico, and Adjacent Piazza) from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

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