The Remains of the Forum of Minerva (The Temple of Minerva)

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The Remains of the Forum of Minerva (The Temple of Minerva)

William Walcot (1874-1943)

Price

£550

Signed

Signed

Medium

Etching with drypoint and aquatint

Catalogue Raisonné No

Dimensions

9 ½ x 11 ½ inches

Literature

Sir Reginald Blomfield (Intro), Architectural Water-Colours and Etchings of W Walcot, London: H C Dickins & Technical Journals, 1919, page 15;
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, William Walcot Catalogue Raisonné, online, no 5

Exhibited

'Original Etchings by a Group of Etchers', Fine Art Society, London, July 1908 as 'The Temple of Minerva, Rome';
'Etchings by William Walcot', Fine Art Society, London, 1914, as 'Remains of the Forum of Minerva'

Published 1908.

'A view of the Colonacce. This giant pair of Corinthian columns in purple and white marble, and the associated frieze of Minerva teaching the arts of sewing and weaving, were part of the colonnade on the northeast side of the Temple of Minerva in the Forum of Nerva. They are all that remains of the ancient Roman temple which was pulled down in the 17th century by Pope Paul V to provide marble for the fountain of the Acqua Paola he was erecting on the Janiculum.'
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, online

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