Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) Etching, Veduto Del Tempio Delle Camene, Framed

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) etching, “Veduta del Tempio delle Camene anticamente circondato da un bosco nella valle Egeria . . . (View of the Temple of the Camenae Once Surrounded by a Forest in the Valley of Egeria . . . ), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome).” Image was published in 1773.

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.

Image is 27.5 inches wide by 18 inches in height. Simply enclosed in a black wood frame.