PrintsItalian18th century

Interior View of the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano

1768

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiranesiArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

image: 42.7 × 67.3 cm (16 13/16 × 26 1/2 in.) plate: 43.4 × 67.9 cm (17 1/16 × 26 3/4 in.) sheet: 54.3 × 79.8 cm (21 3/8 × 31 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Palmer, Esq., Boston, gift; to Harvard University, 1772, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008

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