The Tomb of Nero
1747–48
Image and Plate: 39.1 x 55.3 cm (15 3/8 x 21 3/4 in.); Sheet: 52.9 x 76.8 cm (20 13/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.255
An ancient tomb, teeming with slithering snakes and overgrown vegetation, conjures the ruins of a strange and distant past in this print. The more lightly etched background appears faint against the jumble of darker lines in the foreground, as if the whole scene is slowly fadi...
Drawing
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accession
1974.255
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Terms
Culture
Italy, 18th century
Technique
etching with engraving and drypoint
Genre
Print
Department
Prints
Relations
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