Art, literature & history
Fantasy of an Ancient Bath
1755/1760
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with gray wash and traces of red chalk, on laid paper pasted down on the remains of Piranesi's original mount
- Dimensions
- sheet: 13.7 x 20 cm (5 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2007.111.25
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Fantasy of an Ancient Bath. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Fantasy of an Ancient Bath — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1755/1760.
Medium: pen and brown ink with gray wash and traces of red chalk, on laid paper pasted down on the remains of Piranesi's original mount.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 13.7 x 20 cm (5 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2007.111.25. Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as the Gift of Andrea Woodner.
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.