CHIUDI

Month: May 2026

Subject
At the fourth milestone of the Appian Way, the Mausoleum of the Equinoxes is a tumulus tomb from the 2nd century BC, featuring a barrel vault seven metres high, remarkably well preserved. Its name derives from a unique phenomenon: on the days of the equinoxes, a ray of sunlight penetrates through the openings and illuminates the exact centre of the burial chamber.

Accession number 1955,1210.10.58
Graphite and watercolor on paper
49 x 64 cm
Carlo Labruzzi (Roma 1748 – 1817 Perugia)
1789-1794

Placement
The British Museum (storage)

Credits
The British Museum

References
P.A. de Rosa – B. Jatta, ‘La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana’, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2013, cat. 48, p. 220.

Posted in Art

Subject
Two mausoleums on the left side of the Appia, near Capo di Bove.

Accession number 1955,1210.10.57
Graphite and watercolor on paper
49,1 x 63,9 cm
Carlo Labruzzi (Roma 1748 – 1817 Perugia)
1789-1794

Placement
The British Museum (storage)

Credits
The British Museum

References
P.A. de Rosa – B. Jatta, ‘La Via Appia nei disegni di Carlo Labruzzi alla Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana’, Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2013, cat. 47, p. 219.