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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.158
People
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian (Mogliano Veneto, Italy 1720 - 1778 Rome, Italy)
Title
Tomb of the Three Curatii Brothers in Albano
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Sepolcro de’ tre fratelli Curazj in Albano
Series/Book Title: Le Antichità Romane (The Antiquities of Rome) volume 3, pl. 10
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1756
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361421

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
image: 38 × 59.8 cm (14 15/16 × 23 9/16 in.)
plate: 40 × 60.7 cm (15 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.)
sheet: 56 × 80.5 cm (22 1/16 × 31 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: F. 295
  • watermark: on right: [unidentified]
  • inscription: upper left, in plate: Tom. III.
  • inscription: upper right, in plate: X.
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Esso è erroneamente cosi detto, mentre abbiamo dagli antichi / Scrittori essere stato presso la Fossa Clelia cinque miglia
  • inscription: lower center, in plate: Sepolcro dè tre fratelli Cruazi in Albano
  • inscription: lower right, in plate: Iontan da Roma, ove i Curazi furono uccis dagli Orazi / Gio. Batta Piranesi Architetto diseg. e incise

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Carolyn Cohen, bequest; to Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn, 2018, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 2018

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Wilton-Ely 430

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. and Martin Cohn from the collection of Carolyn Cohen
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.158
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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