Subject
View of the remains of tombs on the Via Appia Antica, outside Porta San Sebastiano, from the series “Le Antichità Romane”.
Accession number RP-P-OB-39.460
Engraving
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Mogliano Veneto 1720 – 1778 Rome
ca. 1756 – ca. 1757
40.2 cm x 62.0 cm
Inscriptions
Top left: Tom. II. Upper right: XLVII. Bottom: VIEW of the Remains of some sepulchral Chambers, existing on the ancient Via Appia outside Porta San Sebastiano. A Chamber of three Compartments, one of which today rests underground. B Ruins of a very noble Villa of the ancient Romans. C Paving stones of the ancient Via Appia. Below right: Piranesi Architetto dis. ed inc.
Placement
Rijksmuseum
Credits
Rijksmuseum
References
H. Focillon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi; a cura di Maurizio Calvesi e Augusta Monferini; traduzione di Giuseppe Guglielmi, Bologna, 1967, p. 305.
J. Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the complete etchings, 2 voll., San Francisco, Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, p. 456.
