Plate 16, Volume 2
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ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
ca. 1750 (engraved), 1803-1807 (produced)
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Double page landscape format engraving in black and white of a view of the burial chamber of the tomb of the family of L. Arrunzio on the Appian Way. The engraving looks into the tomb from a fourth wall. Around the other three walls, small arches are carved, with inscriptions underneath them. To the right of the engraving, on the back wall, directly facing the viewer, the door is open, and several eighteenth century gentlemen are making their way down the stone steps to the floor of the tomb. Again, to the right of the painting, a large barrel is coming up through the floor. The walls are crumbling in places, and there are fragments of pottery covering the floor, where more eighteenth century gentlemen explore.
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Title | Plate 16, Volume 2 (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | engraving, paper |
Brief description | 'Plate 16, Volume 2,' engraving from Le Antichita Romane di Giambatista Piranesi, Volume 2, Giovanni Piranesi, ca. 1750, volume bound together in Paris by Tessier, 1803-1807. |
Physical description | Double page landscape format engraving in black and white of a view of the burial chamber of the tomb of the family of L. Arrunzio on the Appian Way. The engraving looks into the tomb from a fourth wall. Around the other three walls, small arches are carved, with inscriptions underneath them. To the right of the engraving, on the back wall, directly facing the viewer, the door is open, and several eighteenth century gentlemen are making their way down the stone steps to the floor of the tomb. Again, to the right of the painting, a large barrel is coming up through the floor. The walls are crumbling in places, and there are fragments of pottery covering the floor, where more eighteenth century gentlemen explore. |
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Accession number | E.4050-1908 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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