Ruins of the Mausoleum of Octavian Augustus, "Le Antichita Romane" II, 1756
date: label: Date
content: 1756
name: label: Architect
content: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-94-85
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 40 × 52.8 cm (15 3/4 × 20 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 52.5 × 63 cm (20 11/16 × 24 13/16 in.)