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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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

Cut-away view of the interior of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], from Views of Rome

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 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.)

Credit Line

The Charles Deering Collection

Reference Number

1927.4791

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