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Etching of the pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, surrounded by ruined walls, trees, and small figures at its base.

The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1756

Etched street view of the Palazzo Odescalchi in Rome, with pedestrians, a carriage and a domed church in the distance.

View of the Palazzo Odeschali, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1753

Mezzotint of a crowded life drawing class with a nude male model posed before artists sketching at easels under a hanging lam

The Life Class of the Vienna Academy

Johann Jacobé, 1790

Watercolor of a long columned interior with draped windows, chandeliers, and a nursemaid with children on a blue carpet.

Interior, Leningrad?

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1825

Etching of a Baroque palace facade on a Roman street with pedestrians and a carriage in the foreground.

View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secreteriat, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1760-78

Etching of a vaulted ancient temple interior with relief panels, an altar, and small figures on the stone floor.

The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of S. Urban, interior (Veduta interna dell antico Tempio di Bacco, or…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1767

Pencil architectural drawing of a classical building with Ionic columns, cornice, and balustraded roofline on aged paper.

View of a Building in the Ionic Style

Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, 1830-47

Etching of the circular Tomb of Caecilia Metella with ruined battlements, arches, goats and figures in the foreground.

The tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Vedute di Roma (Roman Views)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1762

Etching of a crumbling Roman brick arch and portico with overgrown ruins and 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, ca. 1766

Etching of a ruined brick temple with Corinthian columns, figures and goats among rocks in the foreground, and a distant temp

The so-called Temple of Salus, on the road to Albano (Tempio antico volgarmente detto della Salute)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1763

Pen drawing of a symmetrical Renaissance-style palazzo facade with arched ground floor, pedimented windows, and central balco

Design for a Public Building in the Italian Renaissance Palazzo Style

Charles Barry, ca. 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of two ornate urns flanking a draped armor design with scale-like patterns and putti.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Pen and ink drawing of two decorated classical vases flanking a central panel with a helmet and draped tassels.

Ornamental Design with Amphore and Antique Style Armor (recto); Sketch with Two Figures (verso)

Polidoro da Caravaggio, 16th century

Watercolor lunette of a kneeling woman in pink, three crowned youths around her, and putti in floral garland borders.

Three Boys Save the Despairing Pamina from Suicide

Moritz von Schwind, 1864

Pen and ink landscape drawing with a large gnarled tree at left and a winding road leading to distant trees and hills.

Landscape

Ercole Bazicaluva, mid-17th century

Etching by Auguste Rodin showing a reclining figure supporting a globe with small winged cherubs clustered around its curved

Love Turning the World

Auguste Rodin, 1881

Ink and wash sketch of a seated man smoking a hookah beside a standing attendant, with tents and seated men behind.

The Croatian Portative Narguilé

Constantin Guys, 1855

Engraved plate of Ionic capitals and Greek temple architecture with caryatids and a carved mask, by Piranesi.

Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de' Romani (On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans by Gio. Battista P…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761, 1765

Etching of a grand Roman palazzo facade on the Via del Corso with a street full of figures and a carriage.

Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), part I

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750-78

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with a Corinthian column, a domed church, and small figures among ruins.

The Arch of Septimius Severus, with the Church of S. Martina on the right (Arco di Settimio Severo), from "Vedute di…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1759

Etching of the Piazza di Spagna in Rome with a fountain, carriages, pedestrians and the Spanish Steps rising at right.

The Piazza di Spagna (Veduta di Piazza di Spagna)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Etching of the Roman Forum with ruined arches, columns, temples and the Colosseum in the distance, with figures among the rui

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the Capitol, with the Arch of Septimius in the foreground left, Temple of V…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1775

Etching of the Capitoline Hill in Rome with a broad staircase, equestrian statue, and church facade by Piranesi.

The Capitol and the steps of S. Maria in Aracoeli (Veduta del Romano Camipidoglio con scalinata che va alla chiesa d'…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1775

Hand-coloured etching of a crowded hall with spectators around a carriage, under a sign reading Bullock's Museum of Natural C

Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Bonaparte's Carriage Taken at Waterloo

Thomas Rowlandson, January 10, 1816

Etching of the Piazza della Rotonda in Rome with the Pantheon, a central obelisk and fountain, and busy market activity.

The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk (Veduta della Piazza della Rotonda), from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1751

Etching of the Roman Forum with a triumphal arch, ruined columns, figures among the ruins, and the Colosseum in the distance.

The Forum Romanum, or Campo Vaccino, from the capitol, with the Arch of Septimus Severus in the foreground left, Temp…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1775

Etching of a military review with marching infantry, cavalry, cannons, and a plumed rider in the foreground.

La Revue (The Review)

Jacques Callot, ca. 1628

Etching of a symmetrical city street with a ceremonial procession of turbaned figures and soldiers between palazzo buildings.

Soliman 2.e Acte, from "Soliman"

Jacques Callot, 1620

Black and white chalk drawing of a lying curly-furred dog with its head raised to the right on pale paper.

A Dog

Cornelis Saftleven, 17th century

Etching of a skeleton on a rearing horse charging through a battlefield with fleeing soldiers and smoke in the background.

Death on the Battlefield, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1650-64