Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Large sculpture gallery built on arches and lit from above (1750)

(Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA)

An engraving by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778). This piece is part of a book called "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" (Part One of Architecture and Perspectives), first published in 1743. The picture shows a fictional setting, inspired by various buildings. Engraving from 1750