COLONNA TRAJANA

A view of the triumphal column in its Roman urban setting

Visual Details

Description

The column is shown topped with the statue of St. Peter, placed in 1587. To the right is the dome of Santa Maria di Loreto. The foreground is animated with a donkey cart and citizens in typical 1820s-1840s attire

The Subject

Roman triumphal monuments; Urban piazzas; Papal Rome architecture

Technical Specifications

Unknown (Workshop of Franzetti or Antonelli)
Etching and burin engraving
Circa 1820-1840
Vedute di Roma
“COLONNA TRAJANA”
Rag paper
35 x 45 cm.
Rome, Italy

Historical Significance

Shows the column topped with the statue of St. Peter (placed in 1587), capturing the plaza’s layout prior to major 20th-century excavations

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