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Tomb of Caecilia Metella Called Capo di Bove [Ox Head] (Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove)

1748
18th century
137 x 271 mm (5.4 x 10.7 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

Series: from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans… (Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali…)

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

Marks: Signed in plate, center right: “Piranesi F.”; inscribed in plate, upper left: “Tav. 22.”

Bibliography: Focillon 62; Hind (1922), p. 75; Wilton-Ely 124.

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

Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.41

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

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)

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plate Dimensions: 137 x 271 mm (5.4 x 10.7 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Tomb of Caecilia Metella Called Capo di Bove [Ox Head] (Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove), 1748. From Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans… (Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali…). Etching on laid paper. plate : 137 x 271 mm (5.4 x 10.7 in.). DAC accession number 1973.D1.38.41. 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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