Identification title(s): fragments from the tomb opposite st. Sebastian outside the walls in rome. Framm. Ti della camera sepolcrale dirimpetto alla chiesa di s. Sebast. No fuor delle mura (title on object). Archaeological finds in and around rome (series title). Le antichità romane (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-39. 459. Catalog reference: focillon 268. Wilton-ely 403. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: fragments from the tomb opposite saint sebastian outside the walls in rome. Title and list with explanatory letters in bottom margin. Numbered above: tom. Ii. /xlvi. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: giovanni battista piranesi (mentioned on object), printmaker: jean barbault (mentioned on object), after own design by: giovanni battista piranesi (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: print maker: rome print, maker: italy, according to own design of: rome. Dating: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757. Physical features: etching printed from two plates on one sheet. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 397 mm (top. ) × w 478 mm (top. ) × h 55 mm (bottom. ) × w 480 mm (bottom. ) explanation this print is part of the series 'le antichità romane'. Piranesi did more than eight years of preliminary studies for this 250-plate series, which was published in four volumes. He produced the prints between ca. 1756 and 1757. The series also contains prints by or after other printmakers, including francesco bianchini and girolamo rossi. Subject: what: inscription piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture base (~ column, pillar). Acquisition: unknown 2006. Date: ca. 1756 - ca. 1757.
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