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The So-Called Temple of Salus, on the Road to Albano
1763
61.64
Not currently on view
Artwork Details
16 x 20-3/4 in. (plate) 19-1/2 x 25-1/4 in. (sheet)
Mark DescriptionCircled Fleur de Lis
Accession NumberThe Springer Fund
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color Palette(Ferdinand Roten Galleries, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland); Purchased by the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1961.
This building was not a temple to Health (Salus), but rather an ancient tomb in the form of a small temple of a type commonly found outside the precincts of ancent Rome.
As Piranesi's legend reveals, this particular brick ediface is located five miles south of Rome along the road to Albano, the ancient Via Latina, which paralleled the more famous Appian Way.
Piranesi exaggerrated the scale of the tomb, but accurately rendered the architectural details, which he notes were faced with terra-cotta.
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