Art, literature & history
The Pyramid of Sesto near the Gates of St. Pauli in Rome
c. 1764
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching on laid paper [proof state]
- Dimensions
- sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 17.3 x 9.7 cm (6 13/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1989.63.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Franz Edmund Weirotter. The Pyramid of Sesto near the Gates of St. Pauli in Rome. Franz Edmund Weirotter; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Edmund_Weirotter,_The_Pyramid_of_Sesto_near_the_Gates_of_St._Pauli_in_Rome,_c._1764,_NGA_71246.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Pyramid of Sesto near the Gates of St. Pauli in Rome — Franz Edmund Weirotter. c. 1764.
Medium: etching on laid paper [proof state].
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 17.3 x 9.7 cm (6 13/16 x 3 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1989.63.2. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.