Coupe intérieure de la Chambre sepuchrale des Affranchis et Esclaves de la Famille d'Auguste, plate 15 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 15, Cross-section of Columbarium of Livia, discovered along the Via Appia in 1726 and now destroyed. Below this plate is an unnumbered image showing two altars decorated with ornament. These two images appear after page 16, which contains a portion of the chapter describing the Columbarium of Livia. This is the first of three views of cross-sections of the building and one of a series of images related to the columbarium.

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Title: Coupe intérieure de la Chambre sepuchrale des Affranchis et Esclaves de la Famille d'Auguste, plate 15 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 13/16 × 10 7/16 in. (22.4 × 26.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.519.88(40)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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