Sepulchrum Antiquum Ad Viam Appiam

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

ca. 1550–60 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Perspectival side view of a small rectangular Roman sepulchre with an apse, according to the description located on the Via Appia, outside Rome. The sheet was acquired as part of a set of fifteen sheets containing 19 plates with views of ancient Roman buildings and one design for a stage set, likely all from the stock of Antonio Lafreri and/or Antonio Salamanca in Rome. The author of the print has not been identified yet, but is undoubtedly the same as 2016.684.13.

Artist

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Date

ca. 1550–60

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Edward Pearce Casey Fund and Carolyn H. Specht Gift, 2016