The First Wooden Temple of Jupiter or Restoration of one of the first Temples of Jupiter Capitolinus, Rome

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The First Wooden Temple of Jupiter or Restoration of one of the first Temples of Jupiter Capitolinus, Rome

William Walcot (1874-1943)

Price

£450

Signed

Signed

Medium

Etching with drypoint and aquatint

Catalogue Raisonné No

Dimensions

5 ½ x 7 ¼ inches

Literature

H C Dickins, manuscript, 'Chronological List of Etchings', 1920-1924, no 47;
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, William Walcot Catalogue Raisonné, online, no 68

Exhibited

'Paintings, Water-colours and Etchings by William Walcot', James Connell & Sons, London, 1918, as 'An Etruscan Temple - Jupiter Capitolinus';
'Original Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints by Younger Contemporary Gravers', Beaux Arts Gallery, London, 1926;
'Original Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints by Younger Contemporary Gravers', Beaux Arts Gallery, London, April-May 1929
'William Walcot 1874-1943, Centenary Exhibition', Fine Art Society, London, 1974, no 59;
‘Impressions of Cities by William Walcot’, Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, London, 2008, no 53

Published by H C Dickins in 1918, an edition of 75 (UK) and 25 (US) and originally priced at 4 Guineas.

'The Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus was built by the last of the ‘Etruscan’ Kings of Rome in 509 BC, just before his downfall, and consecrated in the first year of the Roman Republic. Little is known of the links between the earliest Roman buildings and Etruscan models or prototypes. Of the Vitruvian Etruscan ‘Tuscan’ order there are no remains extant.

The Capitoline Hill was the most significant of the seven hills of Rome and the Temple to Jupiter the most sacred shrine in the ancient city. It was burnt down and restored three times. The original Etruscan temple, in wood, was rebuilt by the Romans with imperial splendour. It was preserved till AD 455 and gradually disappeared in the Middle Ages. Its foundations are beneath the Palazzo Caffarelli.'
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, 'William Walcot', online

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