| Maker(s): | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
| | Culture: | Italian (1720-1778)
| | Title: | Arco di Settimio Severo [The Arch of Septimius Severus] from the series Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome]
| | Date Made: | 1759 plate; 1777 or before, print
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Etching; black ink on ivory laid paper
| | Place Made: | Europe; Italy; Rome
| | Measurements: | Mat: 26 in x 34 in; 66 cm x 86.4 cm; Sheet: 21 1/8 in x 29 1/4 in; 53.7 cm x 74.3 cm; Plate: 14 7/8 in x 22 7/8 in; 37.8 cm x 58.1 cm; Image: 14 5/8 in x 22 5/8 in; 37.1 cm x 57.5 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | inscription: verso, ctr. (blue ink, stamp): MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ART MUSEUM ; inscription: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, within plate): ARCO DI SETTIMIO SEVERO / NEL MEZZO DI QUESTO PASSAVA L’ANTICA VIA SACRA CHE PORTAVA I TRIONFTI. IN CAMPIDO. ; signature: PIRANESI ARCHITETTO FEC.
| | Accession Number: | MH 1972.74.6.P.RII
| | Credit Line: | Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
View of the Arch of Septimius Severus, still half-buried, with the Church of St. Martina in the background to the right. A single column stands in the foreground to the left. Beneath the image is an inscription with the title and a key to the numbered elements of the composition.
1: Erario antico, o come altri Tempio di Saturno. oggi S. Adriano. [Ancient Treasury, or another Temple of Saturn, now Saint Adrian.]
2: S. Martina architettura da Pietro da Cortona. Chiesa dell'Academia del Disegno, detta di S. Luca. [Saint Martina architecture by Pietro da Cortona. The church of the Academy of Design, called Saint Luke.]
3: L'antico Carcere mamertino, nel quale sono stati posti i SS. Pietro e Paolo. Sopra questo si vede eretta la Chiesa di S. Giuseppe. [The Ancient Mamertine Prison, in which were held Saints Peter and Paul. Above it is seen erected the Church of Saint Joseph.]
4: Ramp che porta al Campidoglio. [Staircase Leading to the Capitoline.]
5: Abitazione del Senatore Romano. [Roman Senate House]
6: Chiesa dell'Araceli fabricata sopra i fondamenti di Tempio di Giove Capitolino. [The Church of Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven built on the foundations of the Capitoline Temple of Jupiter] (The church is known as the Basilica di Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Italian, or the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar of Heaven in English, and is on the Capitoline Hill.)
7: Colonna rimasta in piedi creduta del Ponte, che fecce fare l'Imperatore Caligola per passare dal Palatino al Campidoglio. [Column left standing believed to be from Pontus(?), which was moved by the Emperor Caligula from the Palatine to the Capitoline.] (The Column of Phocas, 608 CE)
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