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
The frescoes on the walls are from the deserted palace Magliana, the
hunting-seat of Leo X., which has long been utilized as a farm by a
community of nuns, and only inhabited by labourers. The frescoes are
all more or less injured, and the feet of each figure, together with
the lower part of the pictures, are quite obliterated. They represent
the Muses, with Apollo as Musagetes, each figure distinguished by a
motto in verse descriptive of the individual character, from the
epigrams of Ausonius, and consist of the figures of Polyhymnia;
Urania, with a distant view of Florence in the background (perhaps
allusive to the pre-eminence of that city in astronomical science);
Thalia, with the motto, "Comica lasciva gaudet sermone Thalia;" Clio,
who is playing on the double flute; and Apollo, as leader of the Nine,
who is seated, and playing on the violin: in the background of this
picture is introduced a small group of Perseus slaying Medusa, while
Pegasus springs from the blood of the decapitated gorgon. All these
frescoes are ascribed to Giovanni lo Spagna, and there is much in
their conception and sentiment which reminds us of the far superior
works by that pupil of Pietro Perugino.
The CORRIDOR contains views of Rome by Vanvitelli.
SECOND ROOM.--Annunciation, by Garofalo; Madonna, by P. Veronese.
Portraits by Vandyck, etc.
THIRD ROOM.--Baptism, by Titian; Sebastian, by Bellini; S. Barbara, by
Domenichino; Innocence, by Romanelli.
FOURTH ROOM.--_Left_: S. Lucia, by Spagna; Europa, by P. Veronese;
Burial and Assumption of Petronella, by Guercino; Sebastian, by
Caracci; Cleopatra and Augustus, by Guercino; Sebastian, by Guido;
Baptism, by Tintoretto.
_Leaving the Palazzo dei Conservatori, and crossing the Piazza, we
enter_
THE MUSEUM OF THE CAPITOL.
_Open every day from 10 till 3. Entrance half a lira each person._
THE COURTYARD.
1. Marforio, a recumbent statue of the Ocean, celebrated as having
been made the medium of replying to Pasquino. It stood near the Arch
of Septimius Severus. 2, 4. Antique columns surmounted by a bust of
Juno (2) and an unknown bust (4). 3, 18. Satyrs. 7. Colossal bust of
Trajan. 8, 13. Sarcophagi found in the Catacombs of S. Sebastian. The
walls are adorned with inscriptions and fragments; also some fragments
from the Temple of Concord in the Forum.
LOWER CORRIDOR.
1. Endymion and his dog, found outside Porta S. Giovanni. 3. Minerva.
5. Livia Augusta, standing on a pedestal, found near the pyramid of
Caius Cestius, and relating to him. 7. Head of Cybele. _Entrance to
Hall of Mosaics._ 8. Captive Dacian King, from the Arch of
Constantine. 10. Faustina, Sr., standing on a relief of the arms of
Alba Longa. 14. Polyphemus. 15. Hadrian in sacerdotal costume. 16.
Porphyry fragment. 17. Hercules killing the Hydra. 18. Porphyry
fragment. 19. Colossal statue of a Roman warrior found on the
Aventine, supposed to represent Mars; a very fine work. _Entrance to
Hall of Inscriptions._
HALL OF MOSAICS.
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