Italian School, late 18th Century

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Italian School, late 18th Century

The Tomb of the Horatii and the Curatii, near Albano

black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white on brown prepared paper
270 x 350mm.; and views of Rome including that of the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, the Via Appia, the Temple of Jupiter Tonnans, the Temple of Concord, the Colosseum and the Piazza Barberini (12)

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The monument derived its name from the five protuberant cones identified with the five heroes who died during the war between Alba and Rome. It is more probably the monument described by Pliny the Elder as the tomb of Porsenna.

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