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Remains of Ancient Buildings among Which Stands the Sepulchral Urn of Marcus Agrippa Made Entirely of Porphyry, Which Serves Today as the Tomb of Clement XII… (Vestiggi d’antichi Edifici fra i quali evvi l’Urna Sepolcrale tutta d’un pezzo…)

1743
18th century

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

Series: from Part One of Architecture and Perspectives… (Prima Parte di Architettura e Prospettive inventate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architteto Veneziano fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseio)

Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807; loose sheet, not bound in volume

Marks: Signed in plate, lower left: “Gio Batta Piranesi Architetto invento, ed incise in Roma”; inscribed, lower right: numeral “5”

Bibliography: Focillon 5; Hind (1922), pp. 75, 78 ff.; Wilton-Ely 18.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953

Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.19

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architecture*, death, graves*, Italy*, Rome*, urns*

architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
death
graves - Excavations in the earth used for burial; for constructions raised over or around burial sites, use "tombs." [April 1993 related term added.]
Italy - TGN 1000080
Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)
urns - Large or decorative vessels, especially ones with an ornamental foot or pedestal, that usually have a mouth that is smaller than the body, and which often have two side handles.

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Remains of Ancient Buildings among Which Stands the Sepulchral Urn of Marcus Agrippa Made Entirely of Porphyry, Which Serves Today as the Tomb of Clement XII… (Vestiggi d’antichi Edifici fra i quali evvi l’Urna Sepolcrale tutta d’un pezzo…), 1743. From Part One of Architecture and Perspectives… (Prima Parte di Architettura e Prospettive inventate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architteto Veneziano fra gli Arcadi Salcindio Tiseio). Etching on laid paper. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1973.D1.38.19. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: R. Lee) .

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Remains of Ancient Buildings among Which Stands the Sepulchral Urn of Marcus Agrippa Made Entirely of Porphyry, Which Serves Today as the Tomb of Clement XII… (Vestiggi d’antichi Edifici fra i quali evvi l’Urna Sepolcrale tutta d’un pezzo…)