THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOT 201)

TWO ITALIAN SIENA MARBLE REDUCTIONS OF THE TEMPLES OF CASTOR AND POLLUX AND OF VESPASIAN

19TH CENTURY

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TWO ITALIAN SIENA MARBLE REDUCTIONS OF THE TEMPLES OF CASTOR AND POLLUX AND OF VESPASIAN
19TH CENTURY
Each with Corinthian columns support part of a pediment, one inscribed 'ESTITVER', on simulated ashlar bases and one on a rectangular portor marble base, some repaired breaks to columns, one capital replaced
One 21½ in. (54 cm.), the other 20 in. (51 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The Temple of Vespasian, built by Titus and Domitian and restored by Septimus Severus and Caracalla, was fully uncovered in 1813, when the foundations were rebuilt.

The Temple of Castor and Pollux dates to the early days of the Republic. It was dedicated to the Dioscuri in 484 B.C. in memory of their aid, which was believed to have enabled the Romans to defeat the Tarquins and their Latin allies at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 B.C. The existing columns on which the model in this lot is based belong to a restoration of the Hadrianic or Trajanic period.

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