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Ruins of the Mausoleum of Octavian Augustus, "Le Antichita Romane" II, 1756

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1756

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Collection of architectural and sculptural fragmets. A capitol on a carved socle, with an inset bust, an obelisk and a base bearing the inscription: "OSSA / AGRIPPINAE .M. AGRIPPA..." A small tree between the obelisk and the base. Behind, a large circular structure, at a different scale. Below, eight line inscription. Inscribed, lower right: Piranesi Archit. dis.et inc.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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