Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778), Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva

Etching on wove paper, plate circa 1760, from the series Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), English title reads View of the remains of the Forum of Nerva, matted and framed below glass.


Plate mark 16 x 24 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 25 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.

From the Private Collection of Nelson Davis, Seaboard, North Carolina

Centerfold area and very minor staining to the sheet, not examined outside the frame.