# The Grotto of Posillipo (La Grotta di Posillipo)

- By: Louis Jean Desprez (and Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758-1810))
- Date: 1785/90
- Medium: Handcolored etching in black on cream laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Sheet: 68.5 × 47.2 cm (27 × 18 5/8 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/262748)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/0f533968-e49e-f22f-20ef-28d3700c11d7/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)