Modo, con quale furono alzati i grossi travertini, e gli altri marmi nel fabbricare il gran sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, oggi detto Capo di Bove
Modo, con quale furono alzati i grossi travertini, e gli altri marmi nel fabbricare il gran sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, oggi detto Capo di Bove
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Title:
Modo, con quale furono alzati i grossi travertini, e gli altri marmi nel fabbricare il gran sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, oggi detto Capo di Bove
Title (translated):
Means by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large tomb of Caecilia Metella, commonly called Capo di Bove [Ox Head]
Title (alt.):
LIII. Modo, con quale furono alzati i grossi travertini, e gli altri marmi nel fabbricare il gran sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, oggi detto Capo di Bove
Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 468
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 3, plate 53
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
Notes (date):
Dates supplied by cataloger from catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1756. His son Francesco and his daughter Laura both worked with him and, after his death, maintained the original plates. The twenty-nine volumes in Boston Public Library’s Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection were assembled and published in Paris from 1835-1837.
Notes (citation):
Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume I." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Signature, lower right, under title. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper margin: LIII Tom. III
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