ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
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Double page landscape format engraving in black and white, depicting objects and fragments of decoration from the tomb of Caecilia Metella, lettered with a key in Italian below. The objects include a large marble cinerary urn decorated with horses' heads and containing a vase for cremated remains, and a frieze decorated with scrolling foliage, lions and deer.
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| Materials and techniques | engraving, paper |
| Brief description | 'Plate 52, Volume 3', engraving from Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi, Volume 3, Giovanni Piranesi, ca. 1750, volume bound together in Paris by Tessier, 1803-1807 |
| Physical description | Double page landscape format engraving in black and white, depicting objects and fragments of decoration from the tomb of Caecilia Metella, lettered with a key in Italian below. The objects include a large marble cinerary urn decorated with horses' heads and containing a vase for cremated remains, and a frieze decorated with scrolling foliage, lions and deer. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Piranesi Archit. dis. et inc. (inscribed at bottom right) |
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| Accession number | E.4149-1908 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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