Marble Tombstones Found on the Floor of the Chamber… (Cippi di marmo, trovati sul Pavimento della Camera…)
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Marble Tombstones Found on the Floor of the Chamber… (Cippi di marmo, trovati sul Pavimento della Camera…)
18th century18th century
390 x 595 mm (15.4 x 23.4 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
- rock - Naturally formed aggregate of one or more minerals. For processed or dressed rock use "stone." [January 1996 alternate term added. February 1992 descriptor moved. December 1991 scope note added.]
- Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)
- plate Dimensions: 390 x 595 mm (15.4 x 23.4 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Marble Tombstones Found on the Floor of the Chamber… (Cippi di marmo, trovati sul Pavimento della Camera…), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 390 x 595 mm (15.4 x 23.4 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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