Veduta Interna della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano (dalla serie Vedute di Roma)
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian, 1720 - 1778)
Date1748 (printed 1807-1835)
Mediumengraving
DimensionsImage: 15 1/4 × 24 in. (38.7 × 61 cm)
Support: 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
Support (Secondary): 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
Support: 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
Support (Secondary): 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Doris Z. Andrews, 1981
Object number1981.26.3
DescriptionThe image is of the interior of a large nave of a church. The building has an arched and highly decorated ceiling. Archways with decorative Corinthian style columns flank the left and right sides of the image. In the far central background is a large and ornate decorative canopy. Groups of men and women converse with one another throughout the walkway of the basilica.On View
Not on viewTerms
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1769 (printed 1807-1835)
