View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore with its two flanking wings, from Views of Rome

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View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore with its two flanking wings, from Views of Rome, 1749. Etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · Image: 38.3 × 54.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore with its two flanking wings, from Views of Rome
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778
Date: 1749
Medium: Etching on heavy ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 38.3 × 54.2 cm (15 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.); Plate: 40.1 × 54.8 cm (15 13/16 × 21 5/8 in.); Sheet: 47.4 × 62 cm (18 11/16 × 24 7/16 in.)
Credit line: The Charles Deering Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1720–1778

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.