Temple of Vesta in the Mouth of the Cloaca Maxima 1401141

Temple of Vesta in the Mouth of the Cloaca Maxima

Giovanni Battista Busiri (Rome 1698 - 1757)

Felbrigg Hall © National Trust / Sue James

Date

circa 1718 - circa 1757

Materials

Gouache on paper mounted on panel, oval gilt framed and glazed

Measurements

230 x 170 mm

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Collection

Felbrigg, Norfolk

NT 1401141

Summary

Gouache on paper, The Temple of Vesta in the mouth of Cloaca Maxima, by G.B. Busiri (1698-1757). Water with rocks and fishermen in foreground, and mouth of the Cloaca Maxima behind set in a boundary wall. Behind that is the circular Temple of Vesta at Mater Matuta and further off to right is the Church of S. Maria di Cosmedin with its now demolished baroque facade.

Provenance

Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)

Makers and roles

Giovanni Battista Busiri (Rome 1698 - 1757)

Exhibition history

Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, Wildenstein, London, 1982, no.10

References

Vici 1966 Andrea Busiri Vici, G. B. Busiri, 1966, no.44

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