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Some Sepulchral Monuments, Which Are Listed in the Index of the Ruins of Ancient Rome and the Campus Martius (Nonnulla monumenta sepulcralia, quae recensentur in indice ruinaum Romae veteris et Campi Martii)

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Some Sepulchral Monuments, Which Are Listed in the Index of the Ruins of Ancient Rome and the Campus Martius (Nonnulla monumenta sepulcralia, quae recensentur in indice ruinaum Romae veteris et Campi Martii)

18th century
18th century
195 x 290 mm (7.7 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: Signed in plate, lower right

Bibliography: Focillon 434; Petrucci (1953) 436b; Wilton-Ely 565.

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

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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architecture*, Italy*, monuments, Rome*, ruins*

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.]
Italy - TGN 1000080
monuments
Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)
ruins - Use generally for remains of buildings or groups of buildings that have been destroyed or are in a state of great disrepair or decay.

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plate Dimensions: 195 x 290 mm (7.7 x 11.4 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Some Sepulchral Monuments, Which Are Listed in the Index of the Ruins of Ancient Rome and the Campus Martius (Nonnulla monumenta sepulcralia, quae recensentur in indice ruinaum Romae veteris et Campi Martii), 18th century. 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). Etching. plate : 195 x 290 mm (7.7 x 11.4 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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