Remains of a room belonging to the Praetorian Fort at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome
1774, published 1800–07 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · Image: 43.6 × 57.6 cm (17 3/16 × 22 11/16 in.); Plate: 44.5 × 58.7 cm (17 9/16 × 23 1/8 in.); Sheet: 51.3 × 65.3 cm (20 1/4 × 25 3/4 in.)
Piranesi, Remains of a room belonging to the Praetorian Fort at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1774, published 1800–07. Etching on heavy ivory laid paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · The Charles Deering Collection
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