We pre­sent deep wide field (16′⁢.4×16′⁢.4superscript16′.4superscript16′.4NUMBER:16 POSTSUPERSCRIPT:start SUPOP:prime POSTSUPERSCRIPT:end NUMBER:.4 MULOP:times NUMBER:16 POSTSUPERSCRIPT:start SUPOP:prime POSTSUPERSCRIPT:end NUMBER:.416^{\prime}.4\times 16^{\prime}.4 ) Wash­ing­ton C⁢T1𝐶subscript𝑇1italic-C italic-T POSTSUBSCRIPT:start NUMBER:1 POSTSUBSCRIPT:endCT_{1} CCD sur­face pho­tom­e­try of the giant el­lip­ti­cal galaxy NGC 4472, the bright­est mem­ber in the Virgo clus­ter. O