Author: Pietro Ruga (fl. 1812-1838) after Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778)
Title: [Antique print, etching and engraving, Rome] Veduta della Piazza e Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano; From:'Nuova Raccolta di 25 vedute antiche e moderne di Roma e sue vicinanze, incise a bulino da celebri incisori' N. de Antoni, published ca. 1800.
Description: View on the square of St. Peter in Rome, with the Basilica at the rear of the square.Figures walking and a carriage led by horses. From a series of views of Rome.Titled at the bottom in Italian and French: 'Veduta della Piazza e Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano / eretta da Costantino Magno nel luogo ove fu sepolto // Vue de la Place et Basilique de S Pierre au Vatican / erigé par Constantin le Grand dans le lieu eú fut enterré'.Signed at the bottom: 'Gio:Batta Piranesi dis / Pietro Ruga incise'; numbered on the bottom right: '1:'Sint-Pietersbasiliek – Rome Engraving and etching on laid paper with margins; plate mark: 214 x 271 mm, total: 270 x 395; smudges and some dirt along the margins; some light foxing on the left margin.

Keywords: Rome|Topography & Travel