£2,800
A Rosso Antico column of Trajan, Italian, circa 1850, on a Nero Belgio plinth.
The Column of Trajan is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman Emperor Trajan’s victory in the Dacian wars. It was completed in AD 113 and is located in Trajan’s Forum, north of the Roman Forum. It is most famous for its spiral bas relief depicting the wars between the Romans and the Dacians. Its design has inspired numerous victory columns; ancient and modern.
Dimensions: 40cm high, the plinth 8cm wide & 8cm deep
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Footnote
The Grand Tour of the late 17th, 18th and 19th centuries saw many upper class, wealthy and aristocratic gentlemen travel to Italy and Europe, particularly Rome, Venice and Florence, for pleasure, education and inspiration. This afforded them the opportunity to view important classical and Renaissance works of art and architecture.
The term ‘Grand Tour’ was coined by the Catholic priest and travel writer Richard Lassels (circa 1603-68), who used it in his influential guidebook The Voyage of Italy, published in 1670, to describe young lords travelling abroad to learn about art, architecture and antiquity.
Robert Adam wrote of Rome in 1755, ‘Rome is the most glorious place in the universal world. A grandeur and tranquillity reigns in it, everywhere noble and striking remains of antiquity appear in it, which are so many that one who has spent a dozen years in seeing is still surprised with something new…’
Many Grand tourists collected souvenirs in the form of bronze and marble models of sculpture and architecture, and formed collections of Grand Tour objects for their English country houses, most notably Chatsworth House.
