Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Remains of a wall of stairs which rose from the Campus to the Quirinal hill, with the women's meeting place dedicated by Helagabalus, from Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London), plate 46 (a)

1762

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: 7 1/2 x 11 7/16 in. (19 x 29 cm)
Collection no.
41.71.1.10(50)
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Remains of a wall of stairs which rose from the Campus to the Quirinal hill, with the women's meeting place dedicated by Helagabalus, from Il Campo Marzio dell' Antica Roma, Opera di G.B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra (The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London), plate 46 (a) — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1762.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (55 x 40 cm) Plate: 7 1/2 x 11 7/16 in. (19 x 29 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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