Veduta dell'avanzo dell'Anfiteatro Castranse
1754
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1754
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This black-and-white print shows a half-ruined building with tall arches and crumbling walls. In the background, a tower rises above trees, and a few scattered people walk near the ruins. The scene looks like an old, abandoned structure with broken columns and uneven steps. The artist labeled parts of the ruins in the text below, like "Arches of the first order" and "Basilica of S. Croce." This suggests the print was made to document real ancient sites. Next, look up Giovanni Battista Piranesi to see more of his detailed etchings of ruins.
