Large Marble Sarcophagus Believed to Belong to Alexander Severus and His Mother, Julia Mamaea (Grand’Urna di marmo, creduta di Alessandro Severo, e di Giulia Mamea sua madre)
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Large Marble Sarcophagus Believed to Belong to Alexander Severus and His Mother, Julia Mamaea (Grand’Urna di marmo, creduta di Alessandro Severo, e di Giulia Mamea sua madre)
18th century18th century
420 x 560 mm (16.5 x 22 in.)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)
- 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)
- plate Dimensions: 420 x 560 mm (16.5 x 22 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Large Marble Sarcophagus Believed to Belong to Alexander Severus and His Mother, Julia Mamaea (Grand’Urna di marmo, creduta di Alessandro Severo, e di Giulia Mamea sua madre), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 420 x 560 mm (16.5 x 22 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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