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unidentified 18th C Italian architect (? Antonio Adami or Antonio Visentini), Rome, Columns of Marcus Aurelius and Trajan. SM 44/8/12. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo Ardon Bar-Hama

Reference number

SM 44/8/12

Purpose

Buildings in Padua, Rome and Vicenza

Aspect

[6] Elevations of the Column of Antoninus Pius and the Column of Trajan, Rome

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(pencil) Colona Antonina and Colona Treiana

Signed and dated

  • 1759-64

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and sepia wash, shaded within double ruled border on laid paper (470 x 360)

Hand

Italian draughtsman

Notes

In the drawing, the two Roman Doric columns are similar in design though the Antoninus columns (AD 161) is shown as slimmer and smaller and the pedestal (now within the Hemicycle in the Giardino della Pigna of the Vatican) is plainer. Trajan's column (AD 113) is without the statue of St Peter put there in the late 16th century. Both columns have guard rails around the abacus that enclose similar pepper-pot terminations. The carving on the spiral band is not shown.

Level

Drawing

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