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Image: Tomb of the Scipios (Sepolcro della famiglia de’ Scipioni)

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Tomb of the Scipios (Sepolcro della famiglia de’ Scipioni)

1748
18th century
136 x 273 mm (5.4 x 10.7 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching on laid paper
Series: from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and Other Monuments Erected by the Romans… (Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali…)
Edition: First Paris edition, 1800–1807; loose sheet, not bound in volume
Marks: Signed in plate, lower right: “Piranesi”; inscribed in plate, upper left: “Tav. 18.”; in the engraved title, “Scipioni” appears as “Sipioni”
Bibliography: Focillon 60; Hind (1922), p. 75; Wilton-Ely 122.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
Accession Number: 1973.D1.38.39

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This object has the following keywords:
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: 136 x 273 mm (5.4 x 10.7 in.)

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