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Remains of an Ancient Tomb, Called La Conocchia, Which Is Located Just outside the Porta di Capua on the Road to Naples… (Avanzi di un antico Sepolcro, oggi detto la Conocchia, che si vede poco lungi dalla Porta di Capua per andar a Napoli…)

ca. 1776
18th century
720 x 479 mm (28.3 x 18.9 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper

State: First of three states

Print impression quality: Fairly good

Series: from Views of Rome Drawn and Etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Ve[nez]iano)

Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807

Marks: Signed in plate on scroll, lower right: “Cav. Piranesi F”

Marks: Watermark: No watermark

Bibliography: 1792 cat. no. 114; Focillon 843; Hind 130; Wilton-Ely 263.

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953

Accession Number: 1973.D1.177

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architecture*, death, graves*, Italy*, 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
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)

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plate Dimensions: 720 x 479 mm (28.3 x 18.9 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Remains of an Ancient Tomb, Called La Conocchia, Which Is Located Just outside the Porta di Capua on the Road to Naples… (Avanzi di un antico Sepolcro, oggi detto la Conocchia, che si vede poco lungi dalla Porta di Capua per andar a Napoli…), ca. 1776. From Views of Rome Drawn and Etched by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian Architect (Vedute di Roma disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Piranesi Architetto Ve[nez]iano). Etching on laid paper. First of three states. plate : 720 x 479 mm (28.3 x 18.9 in.). Sheet : 729 x 513 mm (28.7 x 20.2 in.). DAC accession number 1973.D1.177. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953.

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Remains of an Ancient Tomb, Called La Conocchia, Which Is Located Just outside the Porta di Capua on the Road to Naples… (Avanzi di un antico Sepolcro, oggi detto la Conocchia, che si vede poco lungi dalla Porta di Capua per andar a Napoli…)