| Maker(s): | Lauro, Giacomo
| | Culture: | Italian (1561-1645)
| | Title: | Vestigia Arcus Septimii Severi [Remains of the Arch of Septimius Severus], Plate 137 from the series Antiquae Urbis Splendor [The Wonders of Ancient Rome]
| | Date Made: | 1612-1641
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Engraving
| | Place Made: | Europe; Italy; Rome
| | Measurements: | Mat: 14 in x 18 in; 35.6 cm x 45.7 cm; Sheet: 7 5/16 in x 5 5/8 in; 18.6 cm x 14.3 cm; Image: 7 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in; 18.1 cm x 24.1 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l./ctr. (printed, etched in plate): VESTIGIA ARCUS SEPTIMII SEVERI / et aliar antiquar que ei prope sunt subter Capitol / ea parte qua uergit in forú Romanú nunc uulgo / dictum Campo Vaccino; PLATE NUMBER: recto, upp. r. (printed, etched in plate): 137; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr, ctr. (printed, etched in plate): A. Vestigia Arcus Septimij Seueri, quiutring, incisus est simulachris, et uictoria insignib cú inscriptione in eius honoré eleganter cópositus; sed nunc semisepultus uisitur roninar cógeria / B. Templú Saturni aliqui uolunt ibi fuisse a'rariú Romanor ornatissimú marmoib'uarijs coloris' cúualuis ex gere cóflatis, uf hodie uisifur, C. Par Porticus Aedis Concordia. multi di: / cunt Camillú ex uoto construxisse ob plebem cú Patrib' reconciliatá. nunc cernitur uestigia octo columnarum cu suis ornamentis. D. Templum Iouis tonantis pulcherrimis afg ex mar / morbus pretiosis absolutum positum fuit ab Augusto ad cliuú Capitolij quod seruus, qui ei prope aderat dum in Cantabriá duce exercitú de calo tactus fueratillo illeso, et / incolumi remanente. extát hodie tres columne semisepulte cum ornamentis et c. aliquibus uasis sacrificij ibideminsculptis. E. Vestigia Caria Calabra uisunfur aliqua / columnar, capitula, in hoc loca nunc sal uenundatur. F. Locus ibi denuo edificatu fuit Capitoliú artificio, et Architectura Mic: Ang. °Bonarota' pluchis statuis ornatiss. / utuidere est ex noua Roma Jacobi Lauri. G. Templu. S.Maria' Aracoeli. H. S.Petrus in carcere. ubi fuit in uinculis, et liberatus ab Angelo, alij putant fuisse carceré / Tulianum alij Mamertinus ad radices Arcis Tarpeia.
| | Accession Number: | MH 2013.1.8
| | Credit Line: | Gift from the collection of Louise Fitz Randolph
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
The triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, its three arches still partially buried, in the lower right foreground with a group of men wearing traveling capes/cloaks and hats with feathers to the left. The portico of the Temple of Saturn to the left and other ruins and buildings in the background. Caption/key below.
Tags:
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