SS. omnivm altare cvm marmoreo vetere ciborio mvsivo opere artificiose constrvcto in qvo sacrae reliqviae religiose colvntvr [graphic].

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16193242

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Title
SS. omnivm altare cvm marmoreo vetere ciborio mvsivo opere artificiose constrvcto in qvo sacrae reliqviae religiose colvntvr [graphic].
Alternative Title
SS. omnium altare cum marmoreo vetere ciborio musivo opere artificiose constructo in quo sacrae reliquiae religiose coluntur
Altar erected in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore
Contributor
Cavallini, Pietro, active 13th century-14th century, designer.
Published / Created
[1621]
Publication Place
Rome
Publisher
B. Zannetti
Abstract

A view of the altar that was erected by John James Capoccio in 1256 in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore of Rome, perhaps the work of Peter Cavallini

Description
Title engraved above image.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate from: De Angelis, P. Basilicae S. Mariae Maioris de vrbe a Liberio Papa I vsqve ad Pavlvm V pont. max. ... Romae : Ex typographia B. Zannetti, 1621.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides.
Scale bar below image labeled "Scala palmorum."
"H2"--Lower right corner of plate.
The upper part of this altar was purchased by Sir William Hamilton in 1767 and was then sent to back England to Horace Walpole, who in 1771 erected a chapel at Strawberry Hill to display it.
Mounted on page 174 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
On laid paper mount (43 x 27 cm) with Horace Walpole's annotation: This altar was erected by J. James Capoccio in the Church of Sta. Maria Maggiore of Rome; but being removed in 1767, the upper part, of beautifull mosaic, was purchased by Sr. W. Hamilton, younger son of Lord Archibald Hamilton, & then British Minister at Naples; and being sent by him to Mr. H. Walpole, the latter erected a chapel for it in his garden at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex, 1771.
Provenance
Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent
1 print : sheet 38 x 26 cm
Language
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Etchings Italy Rome 1621
Engravings Italy Rome 1621
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy),
Subject (Topic)
Altars
Subjects
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy)
Altars
Italy > Rome > 1621
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
13247036
Object ID (OID)
16193242

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