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Cast of a capital from the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum Romanum, Rome
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Cast of a capital from the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum Romanum, Rome
Plaster cast
Museum number: M47
On display: Museum Corridor - outside the Picture Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
This temple was known in Soane's day as the Temple of Jupiter Stator and the columns themselves frequently described as the 'Three columns in the campo vaccino' [the open area where cows graze].
Among the studies of casts in the collection made by Soane's pupils is a drawing of this capital by Mee dated August 28th 1818 (Vol. 83, 18).
Among the studies of casts in the collection made by Soane's pupils is a drawing of this capital by Mee dated August 28th 1818 (Vol. 83, 18).
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