Obelisco Egizio (The Lateran Obelisk), from the series "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome)
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Obelisco Egizio (The Lateran Obelisk), from the series "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome)
Maker
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(b. 1720, Mogliano, Italy – d. 1778, Rome, Italy)
Dateca. 1750s
MediumEtching
Dimensionssheet: 31 in. x 21 1/2 in. (78.7 cm x 54.6 cm); image: 21 in. x 15 13/16 in. (53.3 cm x 40.2 cm); plate: 21 5/8 in. x 16 3/8 in. (54.9 cm x 41.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of William H. Helfand
Object number2015.103
Status
Not on viewGiovanni Battista Piranesi
1754