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Tomb of Maria Honorius, Wife of the Emperor… (Sepulchrum Mariae Honorij imperatoris uxoris…)


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Tomb of Maria Honorius, Wife of the Emperor… (Sepulchrum Mariae Honorij imperatoris uxoris…)

18th century
18th century
190 x 290 mm (7.5 x 11.4 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G. B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London (Il Campo Marzio dell’ Antica Roma, Opera di G. B. Piranesi socio della reale società degli antiquari di Londra)
Marks: Unsigned
Bibliography: Focillon 432; Petrucci (1953) 447a; Wilton-Ely 563.
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)
  • wives

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 190 x 290 mm (7.5 x 11.4 in.)

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