Model of the surviving columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux

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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Model of the surviving columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker
Datelikely late 19th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 2 × 1/2 in. (11.4 × 5.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles E. Allison, Class of 1870
Object number1943.195
Not on view
DescriptionThis model reproduce at scale the ruins of the Temple of Castor and Pollax in the ancient Roman forum, which still stand today. The ruins became so iconic during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that models such as this one were often carried home as souvenirs by wealthy Europeans on the Grand Tour of Italy’s art and ruins.

Additional Details

Provenance date unknown: Hamilton College, by gift of Charles E. Allison.
Signature Not signed.
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1943.194a-b
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1943.191
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1943.192a-b
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