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Interior View of the Tomb Chamber opposite the Church of San Sebastiano fuori delle Mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] (Veduta interna della Camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura)

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Interior View of the Tomb Chamber opposite the Church of San Sebastiano fuori delle Mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] (Veduta interna della Camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura)

18th century
18th century
370 x 510 mm (14.6 x 20.1 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 with title, lower right

Bibliography: Focillon 266; Petrucci (1953) 93; Wilton-Ely 401.

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

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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architecture*, death, graves*, interior views*, 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.]
interior views - Use for photographs or other representations of the interior of a building or other structure. [April 1991 descriptor moved; lead-in term added.]
Italy - TGN 1000080
Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

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plate Dimensions: 370 x 510 mm (14.6 x 20.1 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Interior View of the Tomb Chamber opposite the Church of San Sebastiano fuori delle Mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] (Veduta interna della Camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 370 x 510 mm (14.6 x 20.1 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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