View of the magnificent substructure built to reinforce the base of the mountainside, and to make the Appian Way more conveneint and less steep between the valley and the two opposing hills, tavola 27 from "Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi" (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo described and etched by Giovambattista Piranesi)

Title: View of the magnificent substructure built to reinforce the base of the mountainside, and to make the Appian Way more conveneint and less steep between the valley and the two opposing hills, tavola 27 from "Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi" (Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo described and etched by Giovambattista Piranesi)

Series/Portfolio: Antichità d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo Descritte ed incise da Giovambatista Piranesi

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)

Date: 1764–70

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (55 x 80 cm)
Plate: 17 x 26 15/16 in. (43.2 x 68.4 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library

Accession Number: 41.71.1.11(33)