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Ancient tomb on the Appian Way (Primary Title)
Room found in 1758 among the ruins of an ancient villa on the Appian Way at Frattocchie, near Albano, from which the ancient manner of heating and cooling rooms was discovered (Primary Title)
Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (Series Title)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778 (Artist)

Date:

18th century

Culture:

Italian

Category:

Prints
Works On Paper

Medium:

etching

Collection:

European Art

Dimensions:

Sheet: 20 1/16 × 16 1/8 in. (50.96 × 40.96 cm)
Plate (Ancient tomb on the Appian Way): 7 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (18.73 × 27.31 cm)
Plate (Room found in 1758 among the ruins...): 6 5/16 × 8 7/8 in. (16.03 × 22.54 cm)

Object Number:

2013.637

Location:

Not on view

Additional Information

Credit Line:

Gift of Frank Raysor

Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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Ancient tomb on the Appian Way (Primary Title)Room found in 1758 among the ruins of an ancient villa on the Appian Way at Frattocchie, near Albano, from which the ancient manner of heating and cooling rooms was discovered (Primary Title)Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (Series Title)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720 - 1778 (Artist)

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Ancient tomb on the Appian Way (Primary Title)
Room found in 1758 among the ruins of an ancient villa on the Appian Way at Frattocchie, near Albano, from which the ancient manner of heating and cooling rooms was discovered (Primary Title)
Antichità di Albano e di Castel Gandolfo (Series Title)