Description
View of the ruins of S. Maria Nuova with the temple of the Sun and Moon, from the Colosseum; in the foreground, a walled field with three long-horned cattle; nineteenth leaf from a sketchbook described under 1981, 0516. 18. 1. 1777. Watercolour, some pen and brown ink.
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
© Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Temple of Venus and Roma, Rome, Italy
Country
Italy
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
Santa Francesca Romana was previously known as Santa Maria Nova. The drawing depicts the Temple of Venus and Roma, an ancient Roman Temple built by Emperor Hadrian in 135 AD on the eastern edge of the Forum. In the eighteenth century, it was sometimes erroneously referred to as the Temple of the Sun and Moon.
