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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
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.
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1943.194a-b
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1943.191
Unknown artist
Date: likely late 19th century
Medium: Soapstone
Object number: 1943.192a-b
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date: 1776
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1987.14
Charles T. Scowen
Date: c. 1880s
Medium: Albumen print from a collodion negative
Object number: 2020.9.214
Unknown artist
Date: c. 700-692 BCE
Medium: Gypsum alabaster
Object number: INV.629
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259