Remains of ancient buldings among which stands the sepulchral urn of Marcus Agrippa made entirely of porphyry, which serves today as the Tomb of Clement XII... (Vestiggi d'antichi Edifici fra i quali evvi l'Urna Sepolcrale tutta d'un pezzo di...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
Artwork Details
- Title: Remains of ancient buldings among which stands the sepulchral urn of Marcus Agrippa made entirely of porphyry, which serves today as the Tomb of Clement XII... (Vestiggi d'antichi Edifici fra i quali evvi l'Urna Sepolcrale tutta d'un pezzo di...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
- Series/Portfolio: Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive (Part One of Architecture and Perspectives)
- Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1750
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 15 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (38.7 × 23.6 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (49.5 × 33.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
- Object Number: 37.45.3(8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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