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Veduta del Sepolcro di Cajo Cestio…, from Le Vedute di Roma (View of the Pyramid 1755 18th Century 15 7/8 in. x 21 5/8 in. (40.32 cm x 54.93 cm) Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome) Primary Object Type: Print Medium and Support: etching Credit Line: Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of the Brown-McAllister Fund. 1988.009 Accession Number: 1988.009 Comments: The pyramid tomb of the wealthy Roman official Caius Cestius is one of the most unusual and recognizable monuments in Rome. Built after his death in 12 B.C.E., it abuts a medieval gate, the Porta S. Paolo. Piranesi uses tiny figures to exaggerate the structures' relative scale and employs viney overgrowth to emphasize the romantic, ruined quality of the scene.

Keywords:

• Italian
• etching
• landscape

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• Class:Fine Arts:drawing:Mediterranean:Italian
• Class:Fine Arts:print:intaglio:etching
• Subject:nature:landscape

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