Plan of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, wife of the Triumvir Marcus Crassus. . . , from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 49, published 1756?57, Etching, Sheet: 21 1/4 x 30 5/16 in. (54 x 77 cm), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720?1778 Rome), While Piranesi's 'Vedute' record the present appearance of the relics of antiquity, he also dug deeper, investigating the engineering feats of the ancient Romans and attempting to reconstruct the former appearance of the ancient city