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Vue des restes d'un Temple qu'on croit etre de Pallas qui faisoit partie du Forum ou Place de Nerva, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore

1761
Not on view
Plate 12, View of the Temple of Minerva (or Temple of Pallas) in the Forum of Nerva. Figures appear in the foreground and around the monument, and a group of architectural fragments are scattered at right. The Colosseum, identified in the inscription, is visible in the background at left. This image, one of twenty-nine full-page plates in the volume, faces page 17 which includes a description of the temple. Many prints of this time misidentify the ruins of the Temple of Minerva as the Temple of Pallas, although the title of the plate suggests the uncertainty of the identification.

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  • Title: Vue des restes d'un Temple qu'on croit etre de Pallas qui faisoit partie du Forum ou Place de Nerva, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
  • Artist: After Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome)
  • Engraver: Dominico Montagu (Italian, active Rome, ca. 1750–76)
  • Printer: Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek
  • Publisher: Bouchard & Gravier (Rome)
  • Published in: Rome
  • Date: 1761
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 13 7/16 × 9 3/4 in. (34.2 × 24.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.87(24)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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