et dalle sue rovion fatta condurre d Paolo V. su la piazza S.ta Maria Maggiore.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾").
A classical column topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, in the Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The inscription states the column was originally part of the Temple of Peace built in Forum Boarum; however modern accounts describe it as the only surviving column from the nave of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1349. It was brought to its current location by Pope Paul V in 1614, where it was placed on a base created by the great Baroque architect Carlo Maderno (1556-1629) .
[Ref: 57522] £140.00
Engraving. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾").
A classical column topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, in the Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The inscription states the column was originally part of the Temple of Peace built in Forum Boarum; however modern accounts describe it as the only surviving column from the nave of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1349. It was brought to its current location by Pope Paul V in 1614, where it was placed on a base created by the great Baroque architect Carlo Maderno (1556-1629) .
[Ref: 57522] £140.00