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Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cestio (View of the Pyramid of Caius Cestius), from the Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
(Italian 1720–1778)
Date1755
MediumEtching; 1st of 6 states
DimensionsPlate: 15 1/8 x 20 3/16 in. (38.4 x 51.3 cm)
Sheet: 20 7/8 x 26 13/16 in. (53 x 68.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 7/8 x 26 13/16 in. (53 x 68.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2007.60
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEtching
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureSouthern European
NationalityItalian
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Eighteenth
Signedin plate bottom right: Piranesi del. inc.
Inscribedin plate bottom left: 1. Porta S. Paolo; 2. Mura di Roma; in plate bottom center: Veduta del. Sepolero di Cajo Cestio; in sheet bottom center: 2 1/2
Exhibition HistoryItalian Old Master Print, Palmer Museum of Art, February 16–May 23, 2010; Recent Acquisitions, Palmer Museum of Art, February 10-May 17, 2009Published ReferencesRinne, Leanne. Italian Old Master Print. University Park: Palmer Museum of Art, 2010.