Piranesi's Etching

Tomb of Caecilia Metella (Piranesi)

Tomb of Caecilia Metella (Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella), Giovanni Bastista Piranesi, 1762. Davis Museum at Wellesley College, 1999.0.404.

The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is also the subject of renowned Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi's print, Sepolcro di Cecilia Metella, from 1792. More information on the etching can be found here.

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