IV. Mid-19th century models of two Roman temples and a mausoleum, Rome A. Temple of Hercules Victor (Temple of Vesta), Rome 6-1/2”h., c. 1860, patinated bronze on giallo antico marble base. See Pricing B. Temple of Hercules Victor (Temple of Vesta), Rome 3-1/2”h., 1890’s, green patinated bronze on Belgian black marble base, 1890’s, 3-1/2”h. See Pricing C. Temple of Sibyl, Tivoli, right 5-1/2”h., c. 1860, patinated bronze on Belgian black marble base. See Pricing D. Tomb of Cecilia Metella, Rome 3-3/4”h., c. 1860, patinated bronze on Portaro marble base. See Pricing
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In the last years of the Roman Republic and early part of the Empire, the taste for circular plan architecture found form in several of the period’s most significant monuments. The Pantheon, Temple of the Sibyl, Tomb of Caecilia Metella, and Castel Sant’Angelo, among others. As with so much else, this enthusiam derived from Greek sources, especially the tholos, which imparted to round Roman buildings an edifying extra measure of authority.
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