Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778
![Cut-away view of the interior of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], from Views of Rome](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/1be129d9-2c48-d708-c5cc-3abc419a1af0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
Cut-away view of the interior of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], from Views of Rome
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-17781749
Cut-away view of the interior of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778 →etchingprint
Date
1749
Medium
Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 39.2 × 60.9 cm (15 7/16 × 24 in.); Plate: 41.5 × 61.3 cm (16 3/8 × 24 3/16 in.); Sheet: 47 × 66.2 cm (18 9/16 × 26 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
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