Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Ground plan court of the Belvedere courtyard in the Vatican Palace with tracks laid out for the joust held as part of the wedding celebrations of Annibale Altemps and Ortensia Borromeo on 5 March 1565.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Trajan's column.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bifolio print of the Column of Marcus Aurelius on the left, formerly identified as the Column of Antoninus, and an obelisk on the right.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Relief depicting a sacrifice taken from the column of Marcus Aurelius, formerly identified as the column of Antoninus.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sepulchre of Emperor Augustus.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Obelisk in the Vatican.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Bifolio print showing a reconstruction of the Circus Maximus with a chariot race.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Septizonium (Sepulchre of Lucius Septimius Severus).
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Sepulchre of M. Antonius Antius Lupus
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Sepulchre of P. Vibius Marianus
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Sarcophagus of Constantia.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Acanthus frieze.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Military insignia and instruments of war from a marble tablet.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae.Tablet with calendar from the Farnese Palace.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The capitoline Wolf.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A child pulling a thorn from his foot, known as the 'spinario'.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Left portion of a relief from a sarcophagus showing the Battle of the Amazons.
B.1978.PG.102.56
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Left hand portion of the relief showing the battle of the Amazons.
B.1978.PG.102.57
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Right portion of a relief from a sarcophagus showing the Battle of the Amazons.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Frieze with instruments for sacrifices.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. Frieze showing a sacrifice in the Field of Mars.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Dioscuri (Horse Tamers), seen from the front.
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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The Dioscuri (Horse Tamers), seen from behind.
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Inscription: Fv dalla fe: me: di Giulio 2o fatto un Corridore per l'uso di andare dal sacro Palazzo apostolico, al luo:/go detto Belvedere, lungo canne 150, e piu, et ferviva a dui giardini che haveva ordinati a piedi ..... / .... /.... // ... la bellisima giostra fattavi questo Carnevale / del Anno.1565. per conseratione del luogo, e per honorare le Nozze del Illmo. Conte Anibale Alt'emps. / et Illma. Sra. Ortensia Borromea, quale in altri fogli si e postain luce / Ant. Lafreri. An: 1565.
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Literature
cat.111
Fig. p. pp.162-3
cat.101 A (1)
Fig. p. 162
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