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Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (later S. Lorenzo in Miranda), Rome. c.1759-64
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Reference number
SM 44/8/15
Purpose
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina (later S. Lorenzo in Miranda), Rome. c.1759-64
Aspect
[3] Details of the entablature and its soffit, and the column base
Soane, Rome, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina. SM 44/8/15. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo Ardon Bar-Hama
Scale
to a scale larger than 1 and 2
Inscribed
dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c.1759-64
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil on coarse laid paper (360 x 440)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
(footed) P
Notes
The drawings show the temple's portico with 12 Corinthian columns - eight to the front by three deep at the side. Palladio had published it in Book IV of the Quattro Libri and commented 'I saw part of it demolished, that was then standing' (Isaac Ware edition, p.90). Built from AD 141, the temple was made into a church in the 11th century and again in 1602 when the remains of the cella were adapted with the portico retained. Dance seems to have lost interest in his study of the building since none of the drawings are finished and, for example, the capital is only partly drawn in [SM 44/8/14] and not detailed in [SM 44/8/15].
Level
Drawing
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