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C1823
Veduta del Gran Sepolero di Cecilia Metella, situato nella Via appia.
Artist:
Luigi Rossini (1790 - 1850)
View of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, located at the top of a hill on the Appian Way, which was built between 50BC and 40BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, who became Consul in 69 BC … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Veduta del Gran Sepolero di Cecilia Metella, situato nella Via appia.
Date:
C1823
Artist:
Luigi Rossini (1790 - 1850)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Original copper engraving
Image Size:
600mm
x 450mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1823
Description:
View of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella, located at the top of a hill on the Appian Way, which was built between 50BC and 40BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, who became Consul in 69 BC and was married to Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger, a legate to Julius Caesar, whose father was the richest man in Rome. The tomb dominates the surrounding landscape and sits atop a quadrangular base seven meters high and with a cylindrical body eleven meters in height and a diameter of 29 meters.
