The Via Appia Antica about three miles south of Porta San Sebastiano, Rome, Rome. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1748.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
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[1748]
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2982299i
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Description

In the foreground, a group of five travellers are shown in conversation amidst fallen ancient masonry. Standing walls of overgrown and ruined Roman buildings are shown on each side of the road

Publication/Creation

[Roma (dirimpetto l'Academia di Franzia)] : [si vende dall'autore], [1748]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.7 x 27 cm

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Lettering

Parte dell'antica Via Appia fuori di Porta S. Sebastiano circa tre miglia. Piranesi fecit Bears number: Tav. 19

References note

A.M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a critical study, with a list of his published works, New York 1922, pp. 75-76, no. 30 (19)

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Wellcome Collection 2982299i

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