The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill...
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The Capitoline Wolf (Italian: Lupa Capitolina) is a bronze sculpture depicting a scene from the legend of the founding of Rome. The sculpture shows a she-wolf...
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Piazza del Campidoglio (section Capitoline Museums)
make up the Capitoline Museums, the Palazzo dei Conservatori and the Palazzo Nuovo, considered to be one of the oldest national museums, founded in 1471...
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12°28′59″E / 41.89333°N 12.48306°E / 41.89333; 12.48306 The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill (/ˈkæpɪtəlaɪn, kəˈpɪt-/ KAP-it-ə-lyne, kə-PIT-; Italian: Campidoglio...
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The Capitoline Venus is a type of statue of Venus, specifically one of several Venus Pudica (modest Venus) types (others include the Venus de' Medici type)...
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(27 in) in height and is now in the Hall of the Triumphs within the Capitoline Museums, Rome. Traditionally taken to be an early example of Roman portraiture...
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Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (redirect from Temple of Capitoline Jupiter)
Greatest'), was the most important temple in Ancient Rome, located on the Capitoline Hill. It was surrounded by the Area Capitolina, a precinct where numerous...
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Roller speculates that the British Museum head, along with those in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, the Capitoline Museums, and in the private collection of...
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The Capitoline Wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus is a symbol of Rome, Italy. Copies of the statues have been donated by Italy to various places...
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2022-01-15. "print; drawing book | British Museum". The British Museum. Retrieved 2022-01-15. Capitoline Museums. "Colossal statue of Mars Ultor also known...
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Colossus of Constantine (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, now part of the Capitoline Museums, on the Capitoline Hill, above the west end of the Forum. The great head, arms...
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significance. Among the most significant resources are museums – (Capitoline Museums, the Vatican Museums, Galleria Borghese)—aqueducts, fountains, churches...
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Dying Gaul (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
Gladiator, is an ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a copy of a now lost Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic...
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the Capitoline Museums, Rome, is a 1st or 2nd century Roman copy of a late Hellenistic period original. It was given to the nascent Capitoline Museums by...
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
the standing statues of Augustus. The original is on display in the Capitoline Museums, while the sculpture now standing in the open air at the Piazza del...
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Bronze colossus of Constantine (category Sculptures in the Capitoline Museums)
The Capitoline Museums in Rome hold parts of a bronze colossus of Constantine. The colossal statue of a Roman emperor was probably made in the 4th century...
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The Capitoline Triad was a group of three deities who were worshipped in ancient Roman religion in an elaborate temple on Rome's Capitoline Hill (Latin...
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176–180 (bas reliefs from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius, now in the Capitoline Museums) During the early 160s, Fronto's son-in-law Victorinus was stationed...
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century BCE original by Lysippos, Capitoline Museum Hercules Roman 1st century BCE – 1st century CE, Walters Art Museum Herakles and Telephos Louvre MR219...
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Constantine, three that are preserved in the Palazzo dei Conservatori (Capitoline Museums) and a final one that was destroyed and of which only a fragment remains...
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Among the most significant resources are the many museums – Capitoline Museums, the Vatican Museums and the Galleria Borghese and others dedicated to...
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Thames & Hudson. p. 111. ISBN 0500278768. "Trajanic woman as Venus (Capitoline Museums)". Spivey, Nigel. Understanding Greek Sculpture. p. 112. Hallett 2005...
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of a ship's bow with a boar's head, were found and are now in the Capitoline Museums. Vespasian subsequently reduced the consumption of water, returning...
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Saint Sebastian (Reni, Rome) (category Paintings in the Capitoline Museums)
Sebastian is a c. 1615 oil on canvas painting by Guido Reni, now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is one of three similar treatments of the subject produced...
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by Pope Clement XII in 1733 and went on to form the nucleus of the Capitoline Museums, Rome, where it remains. The restored left leg and the left arm, with...
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swan from an eagle, on the basis of which a Roman marble copy in the Capitoline Museums is said to be "after Timotheus". The theme must have been popular...
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Castel Sant'Angelo (section Museum)
Amsterdam, 1698. "Musei, monumenti e aree archeologiche statali" [State museums, monuments and archaeological areas] (PDF). ilsole24ore.it (in Italian)...
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Discobolus (category Sculptures in the Vatican Museums)
completed sculpture was donated before 1734 by Pope Clement XII to the Capitoline Museums, where it remains. Yet another copy was discovered in 1906 in the...
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the so-called Arch of Portugal, and in modern times moved to the Capitoline Museums, where it is on display on the staircase of the Palazzo dei Conservatori...
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Albertoni, Margherita; et al. (2006). The Capitoline Museums: Guide. Milan: Electa.. For information on the Capitoline She-Wolf. Beard, Mary; North, John A...
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