View of the Remains of the Dining Room of Nero's Golden House, commonly called the Temple of Peace, c. 1756-1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesiexpand_more
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Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2007.49.2.2
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Today’s visitors to the Roman Forum can still see remnants of this looming edifice. Piranesi thought the space was the dining room of the fabled Golden House of Emperor Nero. But in fact it was the remains of a later project, an enormous basilica begun in 306 CE under Emperor Maxentius and completed under Constantine six years later. At the time, the basilica—a large public hall rather than a Christian church—was the largest building in Rome. Far in the distance, at the right, we can glimpse the Colosseum.
Details
- Title
- View of the Remains of the Dining Room of Nero's Golden House, commonly called the Temple of Peace
- Artist Life
- Italian, 1720–1778
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2007.49.2.2
- Provenance
- Private collection, New England Childs Gallery, Boston
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Hind 114 i/iv, Focillon 751, Wilton-Ely 247
- Curator Approved
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