Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'

Giovanni Battista Piranesi1756

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Title: Demonstration panel showing technique for raising travertine and marble blocks for the construction of the tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome, from the series 'Le Antichità Romane'
Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created: 1756
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. (52 x 72 cm) Plate: 18 5/16 x 20 3/8 in. (46.5 x 51.7 cm)
Type: Print
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/416050
Medium: Etching
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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