# View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of Rome, in Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi made this in 1769, published 1800–07, aged 49. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: 1769, published 1800–07
- Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions: 48.2 × 70.5 cm (19 × 27 13/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1927.4814
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Giovanni Battista Piranesi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/giovanni-battista-piranesi), Italian, 1720–1778

Piranesi trained in Venice as an architect and stage designer before moving to Rome in 1740, where he spent the rest of his life.

4 works in the collection.

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