Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 to 1778, original etching, burin and drypoint on paper, View of the Roman Campidoglio with Staircase leading to the Church of Araceli, 1757, from Vedute di Roma, the best known work of Piranesi. Signed in the plate lower right. Titled and inscribed in the plate lower to the center. Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian archaeologist, architect and graphic artist, master of architectural landscapes, researcher and collector of Roman antiquities, and print publisher. Antique Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.