IMAGE
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :Vestigi d'antichi edifici, fra i quali evvi l'urna sepolcrale tutta d'un pezzo di porfido di Marco Agrippa che oggi serve per il sepolcro di Clemente XII. ... Gio. Batt.a Piranesi Architto invento, ed incise in Roma. [1743]
- Date
- 1743
- By
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Reference
- C-091-059
- Description
Water and a palm tree in the foreground with the remains of colums and pedestals, a large carved funerary urn with the name Marcus Agrippa at its base, and the circular peristyle of a temple in the background
Focillon 5
Other Titles - Remains of ancient edifices amongst which can be seen the funeral urn made of a single piece of porphyry for Marcus Aggripa, which today serves as the urn for Pope Clement XII. Part of an obelisk with Egyptian characters can also be seen, and in the background, the vestibule of an ancient ruined temple [translation]
Extended Title - From La prima parte di architetture e prospettive. 1743
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Etching, 387 x 239 mm on sheet 547 x 384 mm
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- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Etchings, Etching, 387 x 239 mm on sheet 547 x 384 mm
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