Sujet

Rome, Illustrated and Described, May 4th, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Rome, Illustrated and Described, May 4th, 1850. Frontispiece showing a view of Rome, the interior of St Peter's, Trajan's Column, '...the Egyptian Obelisk of the Piazza del Popolo...ancient bronze group of the She-Wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, which was found in an excavation at the foot of the Palatine Hill...the celebrated chef-d'oeuvre of ancient Greek art, usually known as the Dying Gladiator, but supposed by others to be a representation of a noble Gaul...Michael Angelo's colossal statue of Moses, in the transept of the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli...', with a quote from Byron's "Childe Harold", Canto iv: 'Here a proud people's passions were exhaled, From the first hour of empire in the bud, To that when further worlds to conquer failed'. From "A Memoir of the History and Topography of Rome", by William Joseph O'Shea, published in "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A33_225

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,6Mo (5,8Mo) / 29,6cm x 42,0cm / 3498 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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