Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778)
Vedute di Roma: View of the Capitoline Hill with the steps to the Church of S. Maria in Aracoeli. The Capitol, 1757
 
Etching on laid paper.
One of Piranesi’s celebrated views of Rome, depicting the grand staircase leading to Santa Maria in Aracoeli on the Capitoline Hill, with the Capitoline palaces in the background. From the monumental series Vedute di Roma, which established Piranesi as the foremost engraver of Roman architecture in the 18th century.
 
Date: 1757
Technique: Etching on laid paper
Dimensions: 54x40 cm