Fragments of sarcophagi and carved reliefs from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia Antica, just outside Rome. Explanatory list of letters in lower margin. Numbered above: Tom. III. / LII. Manufacturer : printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed building) in its design: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed property) Place manufacture: Rome Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757 Physical features: etching material: paper Technique: etching Dimensions: plate edge : h 393 mm × W 600 mmToelichtingDeze picture is part of the series' Le Antichità Romane. Piranesi did more than eight years to study the
Fragments of sarcophagi and carved reliefs from the Tomb of Cecilia Metella on the Via Appia Antica, just outside Rome. Explanatory list of letters in lower margin. Numbered above: Tom. III. / LII. Manufacturer : printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed building) in its design: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (listed property) Place manufacture: Rome Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757 Physical features: etching material: paper Technique: etching Dimensions: plate edge : h 393 mm × W 600 mmToelichtingDeze picture is part of the series' Le Antichità Romane. Piranesi did more than eight years to study these 250 plates story series that was published in four volumes. He produced the prints from about 1756 to 1757. The series also includes prints by or to other printmakers, among Who: Francesco Bianchini and Girolamo Rossi. Subject: piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpturesarcophagus
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