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Part of the Facade of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella with Ornaments Which Exist Today (Parte della Facciata del Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella co gli Ornamenti, che in oggi esistono)


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Part of the Facade of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella with Ornaments Which Exist Today (Parte della Facciata del Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella co gli Ornamenti, che in oggi esistono)

18th century
18th century
405 x 610 mm (15.9 x 24 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 332; Petrucci (1953) 163; Wilton-Ely 465.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)
Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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This object has the following keywords:
  • 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)

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 405 x 610 mm (15.9 x 24 in.)

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