Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Della Introduzione: Studies of Etruscan friezes at Corneto [With satirical inscription], from Osservazioni di Gio. Battista Piranesi sopra la lettere de M. Mariette aux auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe... (Observations of Giovanni Battista Piranesi on the Letter of M. Mariette to the authors of the Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe...), tavola 1

1765

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (55 x 40 cm) Plate: 13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in. (35 x 27.5 cm)
Collection no.
41.71.1.7(55)
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Della Introduzione: Studies of Etruscan friezes at Corneto [With satirical inscription], from Osservazioni di Gio. Battista Piranesi sopra la lettere de M. Mariette aux auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe... (Observations of Giovanni Battista Piranesi on the Letter of M. Mariette to the authors of the Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe...), tavola 1 — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1765.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (55 x 40 cm) Plate: 13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in. (35 x 27.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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