So-called Temple of Bacchus, later Church of Sant'Urbano, Rome: exterior view
Artist/Photographer | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) |
Country | Italy |
City | Rome |
Subject Date | 1758 |
Image Date | 1758 |
View | Topographical |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | SB100/1 (48) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Churches |
SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 48 NOTES: The church was originally a temple (here called a temple of Bacchus) forming part of a large Roman villa. It was converted into a church in the 9th or 10th century with frescoes of 1011 by an artist called Bonizzo. See also RIBA7964 for a corresponding interior view from this work.
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