Temple of Iupitor Stator. View of the three columns that remain of this temple having on the left the church of Sta. Maria Liberatrice with a part of the Pallatin Hill now called the Farnese Gardens, undated. Cunego, Domenico. [ca. 1760-1767] Temple of Jupiter Stator The print depicts the no-longer extant Temple of Jupiter Stator, whose original location is subject to debate. In the print, the three columns to the right are identified as the remains of the temple, with the church of Santa Maria Liberatrice (also no longer extant), in the center, and the Farnese gardens to the left. In the fore
Temple of Iupitor Stator. View of the three columns that remain of this temple having on the left the church of Sta. Maria Liberatrice with a part of the Pallatin Hill now called the Farnese Gardens, undated. Cunego, Domenico. [ca. 1760-1767] Temple of Jupiter Stator The print depicts the no-longer extant Temple of Jupiter Stator, whose original location is subject to debate. In the print, the three columns to the right are identified as the remains of the temple, with the church of Santa Maria Liberatrice (also no longer extant), in the center, and the Farnese gardens to the left. In the foreground peasants unload a wagon, two religious figures converse and a man waters his horse in a nearby fountain. Text is in English and French. Trimmed within plate mark. Title in English to the left and in French to the right. Inscription indicates that the plate was etched in Rome. With Pecci-Blunt's collector's marks, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and on the verso. Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt collected prints, published works, drawings and paintings thematically focused upon the city of Rome. Her collection included views, plans, maps of Rome and depictions of the inhabitants of the city in popular costume. As intense urban development under Mussolini transformed Rome in the 1930's, interest in the city's past grew among certain circles in Rome. Pecci-Blunt's collection came to be known as "Roma Sparita" because of its nostalgic focus on the Rome of a bygone era. Pecci-Blunt marked many of the prints in her collection with her collector's marks. Small, circular marks found on the recto of the prints, typically in the lower right corner, display Pecci-Blunt's family coat of arms, a comet, encircled with the text: "Coll. A. L. Pecci Blunt." Circular marks on the verso of the prints, typically in the lower center, denote Pecci-Blunt's name for her collection, "Roma Sparita." The stamps contain the text; "Roma Sparita, ," (with space for adding an inventor
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