Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Sepolcro delle tre fratelli Curiati in Albano (Tomb of the three Curiatii brother in Albano)

Artwork Detail
In Piranesi's day this tomb was believed to be that of the Horatii and Curatii brothers, but this has now been discounted. Its form is extremely unusual, architecturally, and it has been compared to the Etruscan cinerary urns that can be found at Volterra. The truncated cones sit on a high, square base of large blocks of peperino, a type of volcanic rock or tufa found in the Aiban Hills near Rome, which was used by early Romans as a building stone, and for the basins of fountains.
- Title
- Sepolcro delle tre fratelli Curiati in Albano (Tomb of the three Curiatii brother in Albano)
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1765
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- 417 x 540 mm
- Credit line
- Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982
- Accession no
- M1982/1/4/29
- Other ID
- 049 Auburn Catalogue
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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