An inscription with fragments of the funerary chamber of the villa de' Cinque, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1756.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1756?]
Reference:
2008463i
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Description

Antiquities from the villa of the "Illustrissimi signori de Cinque possessori della villa". The villa is said to have been in Rome outside Porta Salaria (site of the later Piazza Fiume), next to the Grotta Pallotta

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemarks 37.8 x 50.6 cm (image) and 4.5 x 50.9 cm (text)

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Lettering

Iscrizione e frammenti delle camere sepolcrali della villa de Cinque. A. Aghi di avorio…della tavola antecedente. Piranesi architetto dis. ed inc. Bears number: Tom II XLIX.

References note

Corpus inscriptionum latinarum VI. 4. 29426

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2008463i

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