CHIUDI

Month: April 2023

Subject
Signs along the Via Appia Antica, at the Quo Vadis intersection of the Appia and Ardeatina roads.

Accession number 1206.1_000_000_057
B/W photographic print. The reverse bears the number 58, written in pencil, and the stamp of the photo agency “Ezio Graffeo Photoreportages.” The print is framed and displayed in the room in front of the archive.
Archivio Cederna, File 1206.1 (Photo Appia Antica)
1955-1956

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological Park- Antonio Cederna archive

Credits
Archivio Antonio Cederna (PAAA)

Subject
The part of Via Appia Antica seen from Porta S. Sebastiano towards Castelli Romani. In the background we see the Tomb of Cecilia Metella and the complex of S. Callisto before the construction of the viaduct of the Cilicia way.

Accession number 1206.1_000_000_049
B/W photo. On the back are the number 42 and the acronym P.R. written in pencil.
Cederna archive, file 1206.1 (picture Appia Antica).
1955-1956

Placement
Appia Antica Archeological Park – Antonio Cederna archive

Credits
Antonio Cederna archive (PAAA)

Subject
Large advertising signs at the crossroads of Appia Nuova and Appia Pignatelli; seen in the distance, the remains of Villa dei Quintili.

Accession number 1206.1_000_025
B/W photographic print. On the verso, in pencil, the number “9” and the stamp of the photo agency “Foto Insolera”. The print is kept, framed, in the room opposite the archives.
Archivio Cederna, File 1206.1 (Photo Appia Antica).
1955-1956

Placement
Parco Archeologico Appia Antica – Archivio Antonio Cederna

Credits
Archivio Antonio Cederna (PAAA)

Subject
The display window of the Esso gas station on the Appia Antica, showing ancient artefacts alongside commercial products.

Accession number 1206.1_000_000_005
B/W photographic print. The reverse bears the number 7, written in pencil, and the stamp of the photo agency “Plinio De Martis.”
Archivio Cederna, File 1206.1 (Photo Appia Antica).
1955-1956

Placement
Appia Antica Archaeological park – Antonio Cederna Archive

Credits
Antonio Cederna Archive (PAAA)

Subject
Female statue with naked upper body and the lower part wrapped in a cloak sitting on a sea monster, representing the Nereid nymph.

Accession number 393005
White marble; sculpture in the round.
Height 110 cm, width 90 cm, depth 50 cm
The nose, the right arm and an end of the Nereid’s drapery, as well as parts of the head, the left paw and the tail of the sea monster are missing. Some chipping on the surface.
Mid-1st century B.C.

Provenance
4th mile of Via Latina, Quadraro district

Placement
Antiquarium of Lucrezia Romana

Credits
3D edited by Fabrizio Banfi with the support of Chiara Stanga (Politecnico di Milano)