Ruins of ancient sepulchral monuments on the Via Appia, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[1756?]
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2008515i
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Description

The Appian way dominated by colossal ruins of tombs labelled 1–4. Below, fragments of fallen columns have fallen into the panel engraved with the key to the scene

Publication/Creation

[Roma [Rome]] : [Nella stamperia di Angelo Rotili nel Palazzo de' Massimi], [1756?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 36.2 x 59.5 cm

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Veduta degli avanzi de' mausolei e delle fabbriche sepolcrali sparse per la Via Appia, cinque miglia in circa, da Porta S. Sebastiano distante ... piantata sulle rovine dell'ustrino. Piranesi archit. dis. et inc. Bears number: Tom III VIII.

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Wellcome Collection 2008515i

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