ROME, CIRCA 1820

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AN ITALIAN ROSSO ANTICO MARBLE MODEL OF TRAJAN'S COLUMN
ROME, CIRCA 1820
Surmounted by a patinated bronze figure of the Emperor on a stepped red marble and slate plinth
67 ¾ in. (172 cm.) high, overall

Sale room notice

Please note that the correct dating for this column is ‘CIRCA 1883’. Additionally the marble base is indistinctly inscribed ‘ROMA 1883’.

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Lot Essay

The Emperor Trajan's monumental column commemorating his Dacian campaigns is one of Rome's most celebrated antiquities; and such models, executed in bronze or colorful marbles (such as the present example) have been popular since the 18th century (P.Morel et al.'La Colonna Traiana', Rome, 1988; F.Haskell and N.Penny, Taste and the Antique, London, 1981, p.21, fig 26).

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