Chris Beetles Gallery

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Tempio Di Vesta, Rome

Augustus Hare (1834-1903)

Price

£1,750

Signed

Inscribed 'Temple of Vesta Rome 1899 £4.4.0' on reverse in another hand

Medium

Watercolour with pencil

Dimensions

9 ¾ x 15 ½ inches

Exhibited

'The Long Nineteenth Century: Treasures and Pleasures', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, March-April 2014, no 51;
'Italy 1800-2025: A Celebration of an English Love Affair', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April 2025

‘Opposite the church is a beautiful fountain, erected by one of the Medici, and beyond it the graceful round temple now called the Temple of Vesta, supposed by Canina to have been that of Mater Matuta, and by others to have been that of Hercules alluded to by Festus and mentioned in the tenth book of Livy. It is known to have existed in the time of Vespasian. It is very small, the circumference of the peristyle being only 156 feet, and that of the cella 26 feet – the height of the surrounding Corinthian columns (originally twenty in number) 32 feet. This temple was first dedicated as a church under the name of S Stefano delle Carrozze; it is now bears the name of Sta Maria del Sole.’

Augustus Hare, Walks in Rome, London: Strahan & Co, 1871, vol 1, page 209

Framed