STC384853 The Lateran Obelisk, from the Circus Maximus, 1833 (etching with brown wash) by Tofanelli, Agostino (1770-1834); Private Collection; (add.info.: Obelisque Latran du Cirque Maxime; Engraved by Pietro Fontana (1762-1837); from \'Recueil des vues au bister dessinees et lavees par Callimachus, Souvenirs d\'antiquites et curiosites de Rome et des environs, Deblayements et reparations du Pape Pie VII\'; Pope Pius VII (1742-1823) Papacy (1800-23) Count Barnaba Niccolo Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; Completed by Thothmes IV (14th century BC); Taken from the temple of Amun in Karnak and brought to Rome in 357 to decorate the spina of the Circus Maximus; Erected in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V, having been found in three pieces the year before; The tallest obelisk in existence; Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano; The two-tiered portico is the facade of the church of St. John Lateran, built in 1586 by Domenico Fontana (1543-1607); On the left is the Lateran Palace, also buikt by Fontana, finished in 1589;); The Stapleton Collection; Italian, out of copyright.
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TOP26920012
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達志影像
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RM
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