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Bound Print, Sarcaphagus, page from Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma, 1762
This is a Bound print. It was created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi and published by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. It is dated 1762 and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is etching with engraving on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
Its dimensions are
Book (overall): 58.1 x 43.5 cm (22 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.) Sheet: 57 x 42 cm (22 7/16 x 16 9/16 in.) Platemark: 19.8 x 30 cm (7 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed below image: Sepulchrum Mariae Honorÿ Imp. Uxoris, Stiliconis filiae, ex Syenite Lapide, veper / tum in Basilica Vaticana, in Cella Regis Galliarum, Paulo III. Summo Pontifice. / Vid. Seriem aedifie. post Ichnog. magn. Campi Martÿ sub lit. S.
Cite this object as
Bound Print, Sarcaphagus, page from Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma, 1762; Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778); Italy; etching with engraving on cream paper; Book (overall): 58.1 x 43.5 cm (22 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.) Sheet: 57 x 42 cm (22 7/16 x 16 9/16 in.) Platemark: 19.8 x 30 cm (7 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1956-15-1-3
