EditorialStone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the "Grotta Dipinta" in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialThe Fantastic Rocks and Castle at Bomarzo [recto]. Dated: c. 1625. Dimensions: overall: 34.5 x 48.6 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper.
EditorialStone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the "Grotta Dipinta" in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialThe Fantastic Rocks and Castle at Bomarzo [recto]. Dated: c. 1625. Dimensions: overall: 34.5 x 48.6 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper.
EditorialThe Fantastic Rocks and Castle at Bomarzo [recto]. Dated: c. 1625. Dimensions: overall: 34.5 x 48.6 cm (13 9/16 x 19 1/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper.
EditorialStone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the "Grotta Dipinta" in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialThe Bomarzo "Park of Monsters" (1551/52) was planned by Pirro Ligorio (who completed the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome after the death of Michelangelo and built the Villa d'Este in Tivoli) on commission of Prince Pier Francesco Orsini, who was mournin...
EditorialStone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the "Grotta Dipinta" in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom.