Fragments of a funerary chamber opposite the church of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi and J. Barbault, ca. 1756.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1756?]
Reference:
2008462i
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Description

The front of the marble urn is carved with figures representing a husband and wife with winged clothed children supporting swags of fruits and vegetables. At the bottom, a frieze with a key-pattern and bucrania

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemarks 38 x 50.9 cm (image) and 4.5 x 50.9 cm (text)

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Frammenti della camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla Chiesa di S. Sebast.o fuori delle Mura. A. Selci dritti e rovesci della Via Appia ritrovati tralle rovine ... infilate e poste a guise di festone. Piranesi archit. dis. ed inc. Barbault scolpì le figure. Bears number: Tom II XLV.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2008462i

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