![Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome](/api/images/artworks/aic/59980.jpg)
Ruins of the Xystus [a long open portico used for athletic exercises], the central hall of the Antonine Baths [The Baths of Caracalla], from Views of Rome
Catalogue
- Year
- 1765
- Dimensions
- Image: 42.5 × 65 cm (16 3/4 × 25 5/8 in.); Plate: 43 × 65.6 cm (16 15/16 × 25 7/8 in.); Sheet: 48.1 × 69 cm (18 15/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist
Painting
Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons". He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1765
- Dimensions
- Image: 42.5 × 65 cm (16 3/4 × 25 5/8 in.); Plate: 43 × 65.6 cm (16 15/16 × 25 7/8 in.); Sheet: 48.1 × 69 cm (18 15/16 × 27 3/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1765-031172
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified