Bas relief Antique dans l'Escalier du Capitole. Marc Aurelle sur la Tribune aux harangues reçoit les Placets des Provinciaux et des Etrangers, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
Plate 58, Relief with Hadrian donating food to the Roman children. The relief – originally from the Arch of Portugal and identified in the inscription as depicting Marcus Aurelius reading petitions from the rostra – has been in the Capitoline Museum since 1664, where it is displayed in the staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori Museum (inv. MC0832). Plate 59 is also after a relief (Apotheosis of Sabina) from the Arch of Portugal. These images appear at the end of the volume, in a section of nineteen plates (and four half-page unnumbered images) with ancient Roman statues and bas-reliefs. Unlike the plates in the rest of the volume, these are not accompanied by descriptive text.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bas relief Antique dans l'Escalier du Capitole. Marc Aurelle sur la Tribune aux harangues reçoit les Placets des Provinciaux et des Etrangers, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
- Artist: Designed and engraved by Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome)
- Printer: Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek
- Publisher: Bouchard & Gravier (Rome)
- Published in: Rome
- Date: 1761
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 14 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (36.2 × 27.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
- Object Number: 52.519.87(109)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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