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Section of the Large Sarcophagus with Its Cover… (Spaccato per traverso della grand Urna col suo Coperchio…)
18th century18th century
545 x 395 mm (21.5 x 15.6 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)
- sections - Orthographic drawings of a building, object, or site as if cut through and exposed at one specific plane. [April 1992 descriptor moved.]
- plate Dimensions: 545 x 395 mm (21.5 x 15.6 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Section of the Large Sarcophagus with Its Cover… (Spaccato per traverso della grand Urna col suo Coperchio…), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 545 x 395 mm (21.5 x 15.6 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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