The tomb of the Scipios, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1748.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1748]
Reference:
2982284i
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Description

The outside of a massive rotunda with beams protruding from the inside. In the foreground are ruined Roman structures including a sarcophagus, a tomb inscribed with the name of the Scipios, and the lettering to the print as a trompe l'oeil inscription

Publication/Creation

[Roma (dirimpetto l'Academia di Franzia)] : [si vende dall'autore], [1748]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.7 x 27 cm

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Lettering

Sepolcro della familia Sipioni [sic]. Piranesi The name Scipio is spelled Sipio twice Bears number: Tav. 18

References note

A.M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a critical study, with a list of his published works, New York 1922, pp. 75-76, no. 18

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2982284i

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