Rome: View through the Arch of Titus to the Colosseum, ca. 1860

Title

Rome: View through the Arch of Titus to the Colosseum

Photographer

• A. De Bonis attributed

Production Place

• Italy

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• travel photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

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

Technique

• albumen print

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto unten Mitte auf dem Trägerkarton: Hanschriftlich: Triumphbogen des Titus

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• 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
• city view

Main Motif

• man
• woman
• group of people
• ruin
• building
• Forum Romanum (Rome)
• Colosseum (Rome)
• Arch of Titus (Rome)
• Via Sacra (Rome)
• Titus (Römischer Kaiser)
• Victoria
• Virtus
• Rome

Persons Shown

• Titus (Roman Emperor)
• Victoria
• Virtus

Primary

• 25I1 city-view in general; 'veduta'
• 61E(ROMA) names of cities and villages (ROMA)
• 61F(ARCO DI TITO (Rom)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (ARCO DI TITO (Rom))
• 61F(COLOSSEO (Roma)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (COLOSSEO (Roma))
• 61F(FORUM ROMANUM (Roma)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (FORUM ROMANUM (Roma))
• 61F(VIA SACRA (Roma)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (VIA SACRA (Roma))
• 61B2(TITUS (Römischer Kaiser)) historical person (TITUS (Römischer Kaiser))
• 96A5(VICTORIA) Victoria as Roman personification
• 96A5(VIRTUS) Virtus as Roman personification
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture

Secondary

• 43A422 triumphal arch
• 25I141 street
• 48C1611 half-column, pilaster ~ architecture
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman