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Plate 31, Volume 3

Print
ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Double page landscape format engraving in black and white, depicting a series of recesses 5 across by 9 down. In each recess is an inscription carved in marble, taken from above the sepulchral niches in the burial chamber of the freedmen and slaves of the family of Augustus. Only one of the inscriptions is intact; the rest are fragmentary.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePlate 31, Volume 3 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving, paper
Brief description
'Plate 31, 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 a series of recesses 5 across by 9 down. In each recess is an inscription carved in marble, taken from above the sepulchral niches in the burial chamber of the freedmen and slaves of the family of Augustus. Only one of the inscriptions is intact; the rest are fragmentary.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.4cm (approx)
  • Width: 41.1cm (approx)
Marks and inscriptions
Iscrizioni delle Camere Sepolcral de'Liberti e Servi, ec della Famiglia di Augusto
Subject depicted
Associations
Bibliographic references
  • From departmental notes.
  • From the bookbinders' label on the inside cover of Volume 3 of 'Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi.'
Collection
Accession number
E.4128-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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