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Large Porphyry Sarcophagus with Its Cover in Which the Body of Constantia Is Thought to Have Been Placed… (Grand’Urna di Porfido co’suo coperchio, dentro la quale credesi, che sia stato collocato il corpo di Costanza…)
18th century18th century
445 x 655 mm (17.5 x 25.8 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
- Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)
- plate Dimensions: 445 x 655 mm (17.5 x 25.8 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Large Porphyry Sarcophagus with Its Cover in Which the Body of Constantia Is Thought to Have Been Placed… (Grand’Urna di Porfido co’suo coperchio, dentro la quale credesi, che sia stato collocato il corpo di Costanza…), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 445 x 655 mm (17.5 x 25.8 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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