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Camera sepolcrale inventata e disegnata conforme al costume, e all'antica magnificenza degl'Imperatori Romani... (Imaginary sepulcral chamber designed according to the fashion and ancient magnficence of the Roman Emperors...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive"
ca. 1750
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 15 13/16 x 10 15/16 in. (40.2 x 27.8 cm) Sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (49.5 x 34 cm)
- Collection no.
- 37.45.3(9)
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Camera sepolcrale inventata e disegnata conforme al costume, e all'antica magnificenza degl'Imperatori Romani... (Imaginary sepulcral chamber designed according to the fashion and ancient magnficence of the Roman Emperors...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive". Giovanni Battista Piranesi; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Camera sepolcrale inventata e disegnata conforme al costume, e all'antica magnificenza degl'Imperatori Romani... (Imaginary sepulcral chamber designed according to the fashion and ancient magnficence of the Roman Emperors...), from "Prima Parte di Architettura, e Prospettive" — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. ca. 1750.
Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 15 13/16 x 10 15/16 in. (40.2 x 27.8 cm) Sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (49.5 x 34 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.