CHIUDI

Month: October 2023

Subject
Front of a sarcophagus with the nine Muses accompanied by Apollo and Athena. On the lid, bearing an inscription in the middle, you see philosophers, poets and the Muses.

Accession number SK 844
White marble
51 x 205.3 cm (front of the sarcophagus). 22 x 205.3 cm (lid)
End of the 2nd century A.D./ beginning of the 3rd century A.D.

Provenance
Found on the Via Appia

Placement
Altes Museum (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

Credits
Altes Museum

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Subject
General map of the Via Latina excavations by Lorenzo Fortunati; part of the excavation report by Lorenzo Fortunati of 1857-1858.

Placement
German Archaeological Institute

Credits
Relazione generale degli scavi e scoperte fatte lungo la via Latina: redatta dalle stesso intraprendente e scopritore Lorenzo Fortunati dall’ottobre 1857 all’ottobre 1858, by Lorenzo Fortunati, Rome 1859

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Subject
View of the Roman Campagna hit by a storm. In particular, the artist’s gaze captures the arches of the Claudius Aqueduct.

Accession number F.V. 40
Oil on cardboard
Carl Blechen, Cottbus 1798 – 1840 Berlino
1829
27.5 x 44.5 cm

Placement
Alte Nationalgalerie (Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

Credits
Alte Nationalgalerie

References
Alte Nationalgalerie – Kunst im langen 19. Jahrhundert. Aus der Sammlung der Nationalgalerie, a cura di R. Gleis – B. Verwiebe – Y. Deseyve, Leipzig 2023, p. 57.

Malkunst im 19. Jahrhundert. Die Sammlung der Nationalgalerie, a cura di A. Wesenberg – B. Verwiebe – R. Freyberger, Petersberg 2017, p. 84.

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Subject
View of a stretch of the Via Appia and its monuments: in the foreground the artist depicts a chariot, a shepherd and a herd with two men on horseback; Colli Albani and Monte Cavo stand out against the background.

Accession number A II 670
Oil on canvas
Franz Ludwig Catel, Berlino 1778 – 1856 Roma
1833
97 x 136 cm

Placement
Alte Nationalgalerie (Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

Credits
Alte Nationalgalerie

References
Malkunst im 19. Jahrhundert. Die Sammlung der Nationalgalerie, a cura di A. Wesenberg – B. Verwiebe – R. Freyberger, Petersberg 2017, Imhof, p. 148.

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