Walks in RomeHare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert)
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Walks in Rome
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert)
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
The 4th Room contains the _Fasti Consulares_, tables found near the
temple of Minerva Chalcidica, and inscribed with the names of public
officers from Romulus to Augustus. The 5th Room contains two bronze
ducks (formerly shown as the sacred geese of the Capitol) and a female
head--found in the gardens of Sallust, a bust of Medusa, by _Bernini_,
and many others. The 6th, or Throne Room, hung with faded tapestry, has
a frieze in fresco, by _Annibale Caracci_, representing the triumphs of
Scipio Africanus. The 7th Room is painted by _Daniele da Volterra_(?)
with the history of the Punic Wars. The 8th Room (now used as a passage)
is a chapel, containing a lovely fresco, by _Pinturicchio_, of the
Madonna and Child with Angels.
"The Madonna is seated enthroned, fronting the spectator; her large
mantle forms a grand cast of drapery; the child on her lap sleeps
in the loveliest attitude; she folds her hands and looks down,
quiet, serious, and beautiful: in the clouds are two adoring
angels."--_Kugler._
The four Evangelists are by _Caravaggio_; the pictures of Roman saints
(Cecilia, Alexis, Eustachio, Francesca-Romana), by _Romanelli_.
By the same staircase, passing on the left a wonderful relief of the
apotheosis of the wicked Faustina, we may arrive at the _Picture Gallery
of the Capitol_ (which can also be approached by a separate staircase,
entered from an alley at the back of the building), reached by two rooms
inscribed with the names of the Roman Conservators from the middle of
the sixteenth century. This gallery contains very few first-rate
pictures, but has a beautiful St. Sebastian, by Guido, and several fine
works of _Guercino_. The most noticeable pictures are--
_1st Room._--
2. Disembodied Spirit (unfinished): _Guido Reni_.
13. St. John Baptist: _Guercino_.
16. Mary Magdalene: _Guido Reni_.
20. The Cumæan Sibyl: _Domenichino_.
26. Mary Magdalene: _Tintoretto_.
27. Presentation in the Temple: _Fra. Bartolomeo_.
30. Holy Family: _Garofalo_.
52. Madonna and Saints: _Botticelli?_
61. Portrait of himself: _Guido Reni_.
78. Madonna and Saints: _F. Francia_, 1513.
80. Portrait: _Velasquez_.
87. St. Augustine: _Giovanni Bellini_.
89. Romulus and Remus: _Rubens_.
_2nd Room._--
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