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Large Porphyry Sarcophagus with Its Cover in Which the Body of Constantia Is Thought to Have Been Placed… (Grand’Urna di Porfido co’suo coperchio, dentro la quale credesi, che sia stato collocato il corpo di Costanza…)

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Large Porphyry Sarcophagus with Its Cover in Which the Body of Constantia Is Thought to Have Been Placed… (Grand’Urna di Porfido co’suo coperchio, dentro la quale credesi, che sia stato collocato il corpo di Costanza…)

18th century
18th century
445 x 655 mm (17.5 x 25.8 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching

Series: from Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane)

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right

Bibliography: Focillon 246; Petrucci (1953) 73; Wilton-Ely 381 and p. 433 with remark: “The sarcophagus is now in the Vatican Museum.”

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

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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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: 445 x 655 mm (17.5 x 25.8 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Large Porphyry Sarcophagus with Its Cover in Which the Body of Constantia Is Thought to Have Been Placed… (Grand’Urna di Porfido co’suo coperchio, dentro la quale credesi, che sia stato collocato il corpo di Costanza…), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 445 x 655 mm (17.5 x 25.8 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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