Grand Urna di Porfido co'suo coperchio, dentro la quale credesi che sia stato collocate il corpo di Costanza (Large Porphyry Sarcophagus with its Cover in which the Body of Constantia is Thought to have been Placed), volume 2, plate 24, from Antichità romane (Roman Antiquities) Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720–1778)

1756

Prints and Drawings

Not on view
Medium

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 21 1/16 × 15 1/4 in. (53.5 × 38.8 cm)
framed: 26 1/8 × 34 1/8 × 7/8 in. (66.35 × 86.7 × 2.2 cm)

Credit Line

The Arthur Ross Collection

Accession Number

2012.159.12.2.24

Geography
Culture
Period

18th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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