A. Pianta del mausoleo di Cecilia Metella moglie di M. Crasso Triumviro, situato sull'antica Via Appia, poco distante dalla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura

A. Pianta del mausoleo di Cecilia Metella moglie di M. Crasso Triumviro, situato sull'antica Via Appia, poco distante dalla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura

Item Information

Title:
A. Pianta del mausoleo di Cecilia Metella moglie di M. Crasso Triumviro, situato sull'antica Via Appia, poco distante dalla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura
Title (translated):
A. Plans of the mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, wife of the Triumvir Marcus Crassus, situated in the ancient Appian Way, not far from the Church of S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls...]
Title (alt.):
XLIX. A. Pianta del mausoleo di Cecilia Metella moglie di M. Crasso Triumviro, situato sull'antica Via Appia, poco distante dalla Chiesa di S. Sebastiano fuori delle Mura...
Description:
With elevation, section and masonry details.
Artist:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Name on Item:
Piranesi Archit. del. et inc.
Date:
1756 (created)
1835–1837 (issued)
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Plans
Sections
Elevations
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
Series:
Piranesi Volume 3: Piranesi Antichità Romane 3 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3
Subjects:
Archaeological sites
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Tomb of Caecilia Metella (Rome, Italy)
Places:
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome > Appio Latino (quartiere)
Tomba di Cecilia Metella
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate marks 37 x 52 cm and 7 x 52 cm, on sheet 61 x 89 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Language:
Italian
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 464
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3, plate 49
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
Notes (date):
Dates supplied by cataloger from catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1756. His son Francesco and his daughter Laura both worked with him and, after his death, maintained the original plates. The twenty-nine volumes in Boston Public Library’s Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection were assembled and published in Paris from 1835-1837.
Notes (citation):
Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume I." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Signature, lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: Tom. III. XLIX
Accession #:
Tosti D.4 V.03
Identifier:
19_04_vol03_049
Barcode:
3666001165824