Title
Obeliscus in virid R. Car. Mattaei: Obelisk at the Villa Celimontana in Rome
Caption
Obeliscus in virid R. Car. Mattaei: Obelisk from the Villa Celimontana in Rome. Brought from Egypt to Rome to adorn one of the city's Iséums (sanctuaries of Isis), it was then transported in 1582 by Ciriaco Mattei to his gardens.
In: Girolamo Franzini (1537-1596), Antiquitates romanae Urbis, Rome, 1599
Private collection
Date
1599
Credit line
Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12
Reference
DGL23A00_353
License type
Rights managed
Available size
83,4Mb (5,3Mb) / 15,3in x 21,1in / 4594 x 6343 (300dpi)