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Sarcophagus of Egyptian Porphyry Found among the Ruins of the Baths of M. Agrippa, Now the Funerary Urn for the Ashes of Pope Clement XII in the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Labrum aegyptiacum porphyreticum, repertum… [see full title])

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: Signed in plate on a scroll, lower right

Bibliography: Focillon 433; Petrucci (1953) 455d; Wilton-Ely 564.

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

Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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architecture*, death, graves*, Italy*, 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.]
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)
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: 190 x 290 mm (7.5 x 11.4 in.)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Sarcophagus of Egyptian Porphyry Found among the Ruins of the Baths of M. Agrippa, Now the Funerary Urn for the Ashes of Pope Clement XII in the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Labrum aegyptiacum porphyreticum, repertum inter rudera thermarun M. Agrippae, nunc urna Sepulcralis Cinerum S.M. Clementis XII in Basilica S. Ioannis Lateranensis), 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 : 190 x 290 mm (7.5 x 11.4 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).

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