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The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" Wall Art
ART BY: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" Wall Art
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The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" is an etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778), dated 1755. The artist is catalogued as Italian. The source scan comes from the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the file offered here measures 3683 × 2756 px (4.1 MB). It is filed under Prints and Rococo, in landscape format. Archive Lane holds 969 works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an Italian artist.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.
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The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps... (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" is free to preview at web resolution. The original high-resolution file is a one-time purchase, or included with an Archive Lane membership (up to 1,000 high-resolution downloads per day) — and the artwork can also be ordered as a made-to-order print.
![Plate 10: The ancient Capitol ascended by approximately one hundred steps [...] (Campidoglio antico a cui si ascendeva per circa cento gradini [...]), from "Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian](/uploads/derivatives/w400/museum/thumbnails/plate-10-the-ancient-capitol-ascended-by-approximately-one-hundred-steps-campidoglio-antico-a-cui-si-ascendeva-per-circa-cento-gradini-from-part-one-o_thumb.webp)
