Plan of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, wife of the Triumvir Marcus , from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 49 published 1756–57 Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian While Piranesi's 'Vedute' record the present appearance of the relics of antiquity, he also dug deeper, investigating the engineering feats of the ancient Romans and attempting to reconstruct the former appearance of the ancient city. His 'Antichità Romane' of 1756, a four-volume work that won him admittance to the British Society of Antiquarians, includes maps of the ancient walls and aqueduct sy
Plan of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, wife of the Triumvir Marcus , from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 49 published 1756–57 Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian While Piranesi's 'Vedute' record the present appearance of the relics of antiquity, he also dug deeper, investigating the engineering feats of the ancient Romans and attempting to reconstruct the former appearance of the ancient city. His 'Antichità Romane' of 1756, a four-volume work that won him admittance to the British Society of Antiquarians, includes maps of the ancient walls and aqueduct system and a thorough investigation of Roman burial customs. The third volume illustrates the sepulchral monuments of the Via Appia Antica, including six plates devoted to the tomb of Cecilia Metella. In plate 49, Piranesi combines a number of views—an elevation, a plan, a cross-section, details of the masonry construction—to create a handsomely designed and informative Plan of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, wife of the Triumvir Marcus , from Le Antichità Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 49 360363
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