Rome: The Fountain of the Dioscuri on Quirinal Hill, 1860

Title

Rome: The Fountain of the Dioscuri on Quirinal Hill

Photographer

• Robert Macpherson

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• documentary photography
• travel photography
• architectural photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• architecture
• historical narration
• mythological representation

Main Motif

• Rome
• well
• man
• animal
• pillar
• Dioscuri
• Quirinal Palace (Rome)
• Piazza del Quirinale (Rome)
• Fontana dei Dioscuri (Rome)
• Obelisco del Quirinale (Rome)

Persons Shown

• Dioscuri

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Pius VII (pope)
• Pius VI (pope)
• Pollux
• Castor
• Giovanni Antinori
• Phidias

Primary

• 48C1 architecture
• 9 Classical Mythology and Ancient History
• 94R (story of) the Dioscuri: Castor (the horse-tamer) and Pollux (the boxer)
• 61E(ROMA) names of cities and villages (ROMA)
• 61F(PALAZZO DEL QUIRINALE (Roma)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (PALAZZO DEL QUIRINALE (Roma))
• 25I151 ornamental fountain
• 31D14 adult man
• 25F animals
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture

Secondary

• 31A231 standing figure