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View of a Large Structure, Remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way about Five Miles from Porta S. Sebastiano, in the Village of S. Maria Nuova… (Veduta di un gran Masso, Avanzo del Sepolcro… [see full title])

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View of a Large Structure, Remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way about Five Miles from Porta S. Sebastiano, in the Village of S. Maria Nuova… (Veduta di un gran Masso, Avanzo del Sepolcro… [see full title])

18th century
18th century
410 x 470 mm (16.1 x 18.5 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching

Series: from Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane)

Edition: TOM. 3

Marks: Signed in plate, lower right

Bibliography: Focillon 300; Petrucci (1953) 127; Wilton-Ely 435.

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: 410 x 470 mm (16.1 x 18.5 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . View of a Large Structure, Remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way about Five Miles from Porta S. Sebastiano, in the Village of S. Maria Nuova… (Veduta di un gran Masso, Avanzo del Sepolcro della Famiglia de’ Metelli sulla Via Appia cinque miglia in circa fuori di Porta S. Sebastiano nel Casale di S. Maria Nuova…), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 410 x 470 mm (16.1 x 18.5 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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