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Rear View of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, Commonly Called Capo di Bove [Ox-head], Erected on the Ancient Appian Way Not Far from the Church of S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura… (Parte della Facciata del Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella… [see full title])

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Rear View of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, Commonly Called Capo di Bove [Ox-head], Erected on the Ancient Appian Way Not Far from the Church of S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura… (Parte della Facciata del Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella… [see full title])

18th century
18th century
380 x 605 mm (15 x 23.8 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 333; Petrucci (1953) 164; Wilton-Ely 466.

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

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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architecture*, death, Italy*, mausoleums, 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
Italy - TGN 1000080
mausoleums
Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)

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plate Dimensions: 380 x 605 mm (15 x 23.8 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Rear View of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, Commonly Called Capo di Bove [Ox-head], Erected on the Ancient Appian Way Not Far from the Church of S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura… (Parte della Facciata del Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella co gli Ornamenti, che in oggi esistono), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 380 x 605 mm (15 x 23.8 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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