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Title:
Ruins of a Marble Pyramid (Vestigij di una Piramide di marmoro)
Object 1
Series Title:
Plate 24 in 'Vestigi dell'Antichita di Roma'
Collection Title:
Baillieu Library
Alternate Titles:
The pyramid of Caius Cestius
Accession Number:
1987.2015.000.000
Creator:
Duperac, Etienne
Place of birth:
France
Creation Date:
(1621)
Object Category:
prints
Medium:
etching
Technique:
intaglio
State:
unknown state
Edition Notes:
On verso, the state is identified as 2nd edition.
Dimensions:
Type
Height
Width
Depth
Diameter
Unit (Lengths)
Weight
Unit (Weight)
plate
21.4
38
cm
sheet
26.4
41.5
cm
Inscription:
inscribed u.c., printed: "C. CESTIVS . L.F . POB . EPVLO . PR . TR. PR ./ VII . VIR. EPVLONVM."; inscribed c., printed: "OPVS . APSOLVTVM . EX . TESTAMENTO . DIEBUS . CCCXXX/ PONTI . P.F . CLAMELAE HAEREDIS . ET. PONTHI . L."
Other Inscriptions:
On verso: u.l. corner, pencil: "87.002-25."; u.r. corner, pencil: "Antichita di Roma./2nd ed, 1621/RD.24." inscribed bot. c., printed: "Vestigij di una Piramide di marmoro, che fu un sepolcro di C. Cestio Settenviro de gli Epuloni, quali Epuloni furono certi Sacerdoti di Grove, si vede oggidi murata con le mura della Citta, presso la porta de San Paolo, sopra la via Hostiense, fu Antichamente questa Piramide fuora della Citta, per esset a quel tempo il circuito di Roma, minore di quello che si vede oggidi."
Catalogue Raisonne:
To be found
Credit Line:
Baillieu Library Collection, the University of Melbourne. Purchased 1987.
Narratives:
History of the Virtual Print Room print collection