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A crenellated circular block tower linked to a wall with an arched entranceway.
Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove.
A crenellated circular block tower linked to a wall with an arched entranceway.
A crenellated circular block tower linked to a wall with an arched entranceway.
Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1748, etching on paper, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Sepolcro di Metela detto Capo di Bove.

Artist (Italian, 1720 - 1778)
Datec. 1748
MediumEtching on paper
DimensionsPlate: 5 1/4 × 10 5/8 inches (13.3 × 27 cm)
Portfolio/SeriesPlate 20, "Antichità romane de’ tempi della repubblica e de’ primi imperatori disegnate ed incise da Giambattista Prianesi architetetto veneziano" series
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Julianna F. Waring.
Object number2020.17.17
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