Plan de la Chambre sepuchrale des Affranchis, et Esclaves de la Famille d'Auguste, plate 14 from "Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie"

Printer Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek Italian

1770

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Plate 14, Plan of the Columbarium of Livia, located on the Via Appia, discovered in 1726 and now destroyed. Below this plate is an unnumbered image showing a capriccio of tombs and their inscriptions. These two images appear across from page 16, which contains a portion of the chapter describing the Columbarium of Livia, including descriptions of the monuments numbered in the plan.

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Title: Plan de la Chambre sepuchrale des Affranchis, et Esclaves de la Famille d'Auguste, plate 14 from "Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie"
Series/Portfolio: Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie
Artist: After Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome)
Printer: Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek
Publisher: Bouchard & Gravier (Rome)
Published in: Rome
Date: 1770
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/2 × 10 5/16 in. (21.6 × 26.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.519.88(38)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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