Rambles in Rome: An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the CampagnaForbes, S. Russell
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Rambles in Rome: An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums, Galleries, Villas, Churches, and Antiquities of Rome and the Campagna
Forbes, S. Russell
Art -- Rome; Rome (Italy) -- Guidebooks; Rome -- Antiquities
15. Colossal bronze head of a colossal statue of Apollo, found near
the Colosseum. Reliefs of figures representing provinces; and reliefs
of military trophies, recently found in the Piazza di Pietra.
28. Statue of the Emperor Augustus.
30. Modern rostral column, with ancient inscription. (See page 26.)
STAIRCASE AND LANDING.
36. Base Capitolina, an altar dedicated to Hadrian, whose bust it now
supports, by the inspectors of the streets. On the sides are engraved
the names of the magistrates who presided over the streets, which are
named, of five of the fourteen regions into which Rome was divided. It
has afforded much useful information to archæologists.
41. Alto-relief which formed part of the Arch of Antoninus Pius, found
in the Piazza Sciarra, which spanned the Corso, and was destroyed in
1527.
42, 43, 44. Alto-reliefs, part of the Arch of Marcus Aurelius, which
stood at the Via della Vita, in the Corso, and was pulled down in
1665.
45. Curious bas-relief, representing Mettus Curtius, on horseback,
floundering in the marsh where is now the Forum. Found near the Church
of S. Maria Liberatrice.
49, 50. Alto-reliefs from an arch which stood in the Corso in honour
of Antoninus Pius.
_At the top of the stairs on this floor are several rooms._ On passing
the turnstile keep straight on. The authorities number these rooms in
the reverse way to ours.
[Illustration: PLAN OF THE PALAZZO DEI CONSERVATORI.
NEW CAPITOLINE MUSEUM.]
FIRST ROOM contains a collection of majolica from the Cini family.
SECOND ROOM.--The vault is by Caracci. On the right of the door are S.
Luke; S. Alexio, by Romanelli; the Virgin, by Andrea Allovisi, called
L'Ingegno, pupil of Perugino; S. Cecilia, by Romanelli; S. Mark. On
the left are S. John, S. Albertorn, and S. Eustachio, by Romanelli; S.
Matthew.
THIRD ROOM, _turn left_.--Frescoes of the Punic wars by Bonfigli.
FOURTH ROOM.--Frescoes from the wars of Scipio, and tapestries from
the hospital of S. Michael. _Right_, the Boys of Falerii scourging
their Schoolmaster, B.C. 392 (Livy, v. 27); the Vestal Tuccia, B.C.
144 (Dionysius, ii. 69); Romulus and Remus; busts of Italian patriots.
FIFTH ROOM.--Garibaldi Museum. Frescoes of the school of Zuccari,
representing games in the Circus Maximus, etc. There is a bust in
_rosso-antico_ called Appius Claudius, a bronze bust of Michael
Angelo, and other busts. Two ducks in bronze are pointed out as the
geese which saved the Capitol. Between them is a curious bronze vase,
evidently a female portrait. Copy of Raphael's Holy Family.
SIXTH ROOM.--On the wall of this room are preserved the Fasti
Consulares, dating from B.C. 481 to the end of the Republic. These
fragments were found in the Forum, and faced the podium of the
Temple-Tomb of Cæsar. The frescoes are by Benedetto Bonfigli.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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