| Method | Etching |
| Artist | Pietro Ruga after Giovanni Battista Piranesi |
| Published | 1800 |
| Dimensions | Image 182 x 265, Plate 210 x 276 mm, Sheet 277 x 403 mm |
| Notes |
Titles in Italian and French Script. From Nuova raccolta di 25 vedute antiche e moderne di Roma e sue vicinanze. Incise a bulino da celebri incisori by Niccola de Antoni. The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem, Italian: Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme) is a Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome. Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi (1720 – 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (the Carceri d'Invenzione). He was a major Italian printmaker, architect and antiquarian. The son of a Venetian master builder, he studied architecture and stage design, through which he became familiar with Illusionism. During the 1740's, when Rome was emerging as the centre of Neoclassicism, Piranesi began his lifelong obsession with the city's architecture. He was taught to etch by Giuseppe Vasi and this became the medium for which he was best known. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £100.00 |
| Stock ID | 24490 |