| Maker(s): | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista | | Culture: | Italian (1720-1778)
| | Title: | Veduta del Sito, ov'era l'antico Foro Romano [View of the Site, where the Ancient Roman Forum was located] from the series Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome]
| | Date Made: | 1756 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: 22 in x 31 1/2 in; 55.9 cm x 80 cm; Plate: 14 3/4 in x 23 1/4 in; 37.5 cm x 59.1 cm; Image: 14 11/16 in x 23 in; 37.3 cm x 58.4 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | label: verso, ctr. (blue iink, stamp): MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE LIBRARY ; inscription: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed, within plate): VEDUTA DEL SITO, OV'ERA L'ANTICO FORO ROMANO ; inscription: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within plate): PRESSO L'AUTORE. A DUE PAOLI E MEZZO ; signature: recto, lwr. r. (printed, within plate): PIRANESI ARCHITETTO FEC.
| | Accession Number: | MH 1972.75.12.P.RII
| | Credit Line: | Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A view of the ancient Roman Forum. To the left is a fountain from which cattle drink with three large columns behind. To the far left is an early modern church facade, only half of which is visible. There are medieval and early modern buildings in the middle and far distance, and a hay cart and animal pen in the foreground to the right. Below the image is an inscription with the title and a key to the numbered elements of the composition.
1: Fenili in questo Luogo erano situati i Rostri [Barns in the site where the Rostra was located]
2: Altro luogo, ove poi furono trasportati da Cesare [Another place, where they (the Rostra?) were transported by Caesar]
3: S. Teodoro in questo sito furono trovati Romolo e Remo portati qui dal Tevere presso al Fico Ruminale [Saint Theodore on the site where Romulus and Remus were brought by the Tiber to the Ficus Ruminales]
4: Monte Palatino coi Vestigi del Palazzo de Cesare [Palatine Hill with Ruins of the Palace of Caesar]
5: S. Maria Liberatrice [The Church of Saint Mary Liberator]
6: Colonne del Tempio di Giove Statore [Columns from the Temple of Jupiter Stator]
7: Vasca di Granito orientale tutta d'un pezzo di estraordinaria grandezza, in questo sito eravi la voragine di Curzio. [Bath of eastern granite from one piece of extraordinary size, on this site was the abyss of Curzio] (Curzio is Mezio Curzio, the Italian version of the name of Mettius Curtius)
8: Monte Aventino [Aventine Hill]
9: Acqua che scorre nella Cloaca massima. Tutta questa parte memorabile nella Storia Romana particolarm.te per li Rostri, da quali si pero ava al Popolo, si esponevano i Capi degli uccisi, o proscritti, come fu la veste insanguinata di Ce(?) [Water flowing into the Cloaca Maxima. All this area was a memorable part of Roman History particularly because of the Rostra, on which the heads of the executed or outlaws, as well as the blood-soaked robes of Ce. were displayed for the ancestors of the People]
Subjects:
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