Marble funerary vessels at the Villa Corsini, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Date:
- [1756?]
- Reference:
- 2008497i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The vessels are represented as being of colossal size. People are shown gesticulating behind, on, and climbing over the illusionistic base (of four gigantic stone slabs) on which lettering is engraved. The lettering below describes how, where, and when the vessels were excavated, and states that skeletons were found with them
Publication/Creation
[Roma [Rome]] : [Nella stamperia di Angelo Rotilj nel Palazzo de' Massimi], [1756?]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemarks 40 x 61.7 cm (image) and 5.1 x 62.7 cm (text)
Contributors
Lettering
Urne, cippi e vasi cenerari di marmo nella villa Corsini fuori di Porta S. Pancrazio. Tutti questi sepolcrali monumenti…come abbiamo o indicato altrove. Piranesi architetto dis. ed inc.
Bears number: Tom II LVII.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2008497i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores