Title

View of a large structure, remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way..., 1756-57. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Caption

View of a large structure, remains of the Tomb of the Metelli on the Appian Way about five miles from Porta S. Sebastiano, in the village of S. Maria Nuova..., 1756-57. From Le Antichità Romane, tome 3, tavola 15, published 1756-57.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A95_153

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37,1Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,9in x 11,2in / 3857 x 3359 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors road Italy Italian building architecture country museum death ruins archaeology ruin tomb mausoleum location century archaeological burial ladder overgrown concept ruined archaeological site archeology B&W funerary The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art black & white black and white B W Monument 18th century Eighteenth Century etching outside Appian Way Roman road etching landscape Via Appia Giovanni Battista Piranesi Piranesi Giovanni Battista Heritage Art Tomb of the Metelli