The tomb of L. Arruntius, Rome: oil lamps, inscriptions, and pieces of painted plasterwork from the ceiling. Etching by G.B. Piranesi and J. Barbault, ca. 1756.

  • Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
Date:
[1756?]
Reference:
2008458i
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Description

In the centre, a scene of rape, identified by Piranesi as the rape of Orithyia by Boreas, owing to the clothes being blown in the wind

Publication/Creation

[Roma [Rome]] : [Nella stamperia di Angelo Rotilj nel Palazzo de' Massimi], [1756?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemarks 39.5 x 48.2 cm and 5 x 48.8 cm

Lettering

Iscrizioni e frammenti delle camere sepocrali della famiglia Arrunzia ec. A pezzo di … tavole in appresso. Barbault scolpì le figure. Bears number: Tom II XIII.

Creator/production credits

Piranesi's name in the lettering is indistinct owing to its being squashed between the plate for the image and the plate for the text

References note

Roger Ling, Roman painting, Cambridge 1991, p. 63 ("the tomb of the family of L. Arruntius, the consul of A.D. 6")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2008458i

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