Various Roman Ionic capitals compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Paoplo fuori le Mura, S. Clemente, etc.], tab. 20 from "Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani" (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · mid-18th century

Various Roman Ionic capitals compared with Greek examples from Le Roy [S. Maria in Trastevere, S. Paoplo fuori le Mura, S. Clemente, etc.], tab. 20 from "Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani" (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London) — Drawings and Prints
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Artist / cultureGiovanni Battista Piranesi
Datemid-18th century
DepartmentDrawings and Prints
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 15 3/4 x 23 9/16 in. (40 x 59.8 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 x 31 1/2 in. (54 x 80 cm)
Accession362171

Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection API, object 362171.