Live Auction 14193Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d'Azur
AN ITALIAN GIALLO ANTICO AND BLACK MARBLE MODEL OF THE TEMPLE OF SATURN
Lot 189

AN ITALIAN GIALLO ANTICO AND BLACK MARBLE MODEL OF THE TEMPLE OF SATURN

MID-20TH CENTURY

Closed23 March 2017

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AN ITALIAN GIALLO ANTICO AND BLACK MARBLE MODEL OF THE TEMPLE OF SATURN
MID-20TH CENTURY
Inscribed across the frieze 'SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS INCENDIO CONSVMPTM RESTITVIT'
20 ¾ in. (52.5 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide; 6 ¼ in. (15.5 cm.) deep

Park West [A Private Collector]; sold Christie's, South Kensington, 22 May 2003, lot 4.

Specialist note

The Temple of Saturn, originally built in 497 B.C., is one of the oldest sanctuaries in the Forum. The eight red and grey granite columns presently standing belong to a reconstruction of the 4th Century A.D. after the Empire had become Christian. The Saturnalia, or dedication feast of this temple, is the origin of the modern carnival.