Harvard Art Museums > 2005.292: Tomb Outside Porta Santa Sebastiano Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Tomb Outside Porta Santa Sebastiano (Giovanni Battista Piranesi) , 2005.292,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/12080. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.292 People Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy) Title Tomb Outside Porta Santa Sebastiano Other Titles Original Language Title: Pianta d'un Sepolcro fuori di Porto S. Sebastiano sull'antica Via Appia nella Vigna Buonamici Series/Book Title: Le Antichità Romane (The Antiquities of Rome), III, Plate 9 Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1756 Culture Italian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/12080 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 39.5 x 51.6 cm (15 9/16 x 20 5/16 in.) sheet: 55.4 x 79.8 cm (21 13/16 x 31 7/16 in.) State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Ficacci 286; Focillon 294 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Richard M. Bennett Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.292 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The Fogg has almost a complete set of Piranesi's etchings, however, almost all are bound into volumes. Commentary This etching of architectural components from a tomb outside Porta Santa Sebastiano is from volume III of Piranesi's "Le Antichita Romane opera di Giambattista Piranesi architetto veneziano divisa in quarto tomi...(The Antiquities of Rome by Giambattista Piranesi, Venetian architect, divided in four volumes...)," published in Rome in 1756. Volume III features ancient Roman tombs. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
