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Etching of the Acqua Felice fountain in Rome with arched niches, stone lions, obelisks, and a church facade beside it.

View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Felice, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of an elderly woman sewing in a cluttered room by a window, with a cat, caged bird and guitar on the walls.

Old Woman with a Needle

Félicien Rops, September 1876

Engraved cut-away interior of the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls, with rows of columns, timber roof and figures.

Cut-away view of the interior of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], from Views o…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1749

Etching of the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore with rows of Ionic columns, coffered ceiling, and small figures on the marble flo

Interior view of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768

Etching of the Palazzo Odescalchi in Rome with pedestrians in a street and a church tower on the right.

View of the Palazzo Odescalchi, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome with a tall ancient column and bell tower under a cloudy sky.

View of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore with its two flanking wings, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1749

Etching of Trajan's Column in Rome with a tall spiral-carved shaft, a statue on top, and a domed church to the right.

Trajan's Column, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Acqua Paola fountain with cascading water, arched facade, workers, and a carriage, by Piranesi.

View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola on Monte Aureo, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Charcoal sketch of a courtroom with robed figures conferring over papers at a railing, and a uniformed officer standing at le

Legal Advice

Jean-Louis Forain, 1915

Etching of tall Roman ruins with three coffered arches, fallen stones, small figures and a church tower under clouds.

View of the Remains of the Dining Room of the Golden House of Nero, commonly called the Temple of Peace, from Views o…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of overgrown Roman ruins with a broken pediment, arch, and receding columns, with two small figures in the foreground

Remains of a covered portico, or a cryptoporticus, in a villa of Domitian, five miles outside Rome on the Frascati ro…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1766

Lithograph of a reclining nude woman resting by still water beneath dark trees, by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1903.

Silent Water

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1903

Etching of a stream flowing past bare trees and leafy woodland, with rocks along the bank and distant hills under an open sky

Jackson Hollow

Bertha E. Jaques, 1897

Etching of weathered ancient walls and ruins at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, with small figures and mountains beyond.

View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770

Etching of a ruined brick temple with Corinthian capitals, goats and herders in the foreground, and a small temple in the dis

Ancient temple commonly called the Temple of Health on the Via d'Albano five miles outside Rome, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1763

Standing Bather

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1910

Etching of Rome's Capitoline Hill with a grand staircase, church tower, equestrian statue and small figures.

View of the Capitoline Hill with the steps to the Church of S. Maria in Aracoeli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the ruined Temple of Hercules at Cori with columns, a bell tower, overgrown rubble and small figures in the foregr

View of the Temple of Hercules at Cori, ten miles distant from Velletri, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769, published 1800-07

Etching of the interior nave of St. John Lateran basilica, with coffered ceiling, columns, statues and a distant altar.

Interior view of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768

Etching of Roman tomb ruins with brick columns and a round tomb among overgrown ruins and small figures.

A. View of the Tomb of Licinianus Piso on the ancient Appian Way... B. Tomb of the Cornelii..., from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1764, published 1800-07

Etching of the Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls in Rome, showing its facade, portico, bell tower and figures.

View of the Basilica of S. Paolo fuori delle Mura [St. Paul outside the Walls], built by Constantine the Great, from…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Colosseum interior with tiered arches, overgrown ruined piers, and small figures walking among the debris.

Interior view of the Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1766

Lithograph of two seated nude women in grass against dark foliage, one seen from behind, one turning her head.

Bathing Women, second medium plate

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1899

Etching of a grand Roman villa with arcaded wings, formal gardens, fountains, and statues under a cloudy sky.

View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769, published 1800-07

Etching of the circular Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli with Corinthian columns, arched vaults, trees and small figures.

Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of the rear facade of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome with domes, an obelisk at left, and figures on steps.

View of the Rear Entrance of the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome with a tall column, obelisks, bell tower, and strolling figures.

View of the Basilica of S. Lorenzo fuori delle Mura [S. Lorenzo outside the Walls], from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of the Mausoleum of Hadrian, Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, seen from behind with a lettered key below.

View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian (now called Castel Sant’Angelo) from the Rear, from Vedute di Roma (View…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59

Etching of two domed churches and Trajan's Column on a busy Roman street, with carriages and people in the foreground.

View of Two Churches, One Called 1. S. Maria di Loreto, the other 2. The Name of Mary, near 3. Trajan's Column. 4. Th…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762

Etching of a grand palace facade with carriages and pedestrians on a street, a column at right, under a cloudy sky.

View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750/59