Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome: the basilica, Piazza San Pietro, the colonnade, and the surrounding buildings of the Vatican. Etching by G. Vasi. ca. 1753.

[Rome], [1753?]

1 print : etching ; platemark 20.6 x 32.4 cm

Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano. 1. Piazza ornata con 320 colonne e 136 statue tutte unitamente con il tempio lavorate a scarpello di duro travertino. 2. Pal.o pontificio. 3. Pal.o del S. Offizio. G. Vasi dis. e inc.

[State with "G. Vasi dis. e inc." in the lettering].

Wellcome Collection 2995720i

According to the lettering, this was both drawn and etched solely by Giuseppe Vasi. Another state of the print attributes it to Giuseppe Vasi and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Wellcome Library no. 2995721i)