Bouw van de Tombe van Caecilia Metella te Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1756 - c. 1757

Title(s)

Bouw van de Tombe van Caecilia Metella te Rome
Modo, col quale furono alzati i grossi Travertini, e gli altri Marmi nel fabbricare il gran Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, oggi detto Capo di Bove (title on object)
Archeologische vondsten in en rond Rome (series title)
Le Antichità Romane (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-39.542

Catalogue reference

• Focillon 335
• Wilton-Ely 468

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Wijze waarop stenen getakeld werden bij het bouwen van de Tombe van Caecilia Metella aan de Via Appia Antica net buiten Rome. Titel en verklarende lijst met letters in ondermarge. Genummerd boven: LIII. / Tom. III.

Artist

• print maker: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

c. 1756 - c. 1757

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 380 mm × width 522 mm × height 78 mm × width 530 mm

What

• building-site
• building materials

Where

• Tombe van Caecilia Metella
• Via Appia Antica
• Rome

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings, John Wilton-Ely, p. 521, cat.nr. 468
• Giovanni Battista Piranesi, p. 308, cat.nr. 335