View of an Ancient Tomb in a Vineyard on the Road to Tivoli, 18th century

  • Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720-1778

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 23 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (59.7 × 39.7 cm) Sheet: 28 7/8 × 21 inches (73.3 × 53.3 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinando Cinelli

F68.74

Signed in plate, lower right: Piranesi Architetto dis. e scol.

Inscribed in plate across bottom margin: [four line text]

1968-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of an Ancient Tomb in a Vineyard on the Road to Tivoli, 18th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinando Cinelli, F68.74.