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Maker(s):Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Culture:Italian (1720-1778)
Title:The Tomb of Nero from the series Grotteschi [Grotesques]
Date Made:ca. 1748
Type:Print
Materials:Etching with engraving, drypoint, and burnishing , black ink on laid paperon l
Measurements:Mat: 24 in x 30 in; 60.96 cm x 76.2 cm; Sheet: 20 3/8 in x 28 13/16 in; 51.7525 cm x 73.18375 cm; Image: 15 1/8 in x 20 1/4 in; 38.4175 cm x 51.435 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1989.L17.23
Credit Line:Anonymous Loan
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Imagined ruins with the tomb of Nero in the center left. Several snakes inhabit the lower left corner. Columns and cared stone is scattered throughout with overgrown vegetation. To the lower right is a painter's palette and brushes.

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