76/5635 Piranesi, G.B. (1720-1778). "Rovine del Sisto, o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane". Etching from Vedute di Roma, 42,5x65,5 cm., titled and signed "Cavalier Piranesi F." in the plate, framed.

= Wilton-Ely 210; Focillon 851; Hind 77, 1st state (of 4). On Vedute di Roma: "Through these particular works, which were spread all over the Continent by means of the Grand Tour, Piranesi was not only to revolutionize the conventional form of the veduta but was to transform the European vision of classical antiquity." (Wilton-Ely, p.176). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.