Arco trionfale temporaneo innalzato dal popolo romano in onore del Sommo Pontefice Pio IX il giorno 8 settembre 1846, circa 1846. Salandri, E. [ca. 1846] The print depicts a temporary triumphal arch designed by architect Felice Cicconetti and erected by the Roman people in honor of Pope Pio IX on the 8 September 1846. Pio IX had been elected in June of 1846 and had gained much goodwill from the Roman populace for his liberal reforms. According to accompanying text, the arch was placed in the Piazza del Popolo before the church of S. Maria del Popolo. Atop the arch, Pio IX is pictured with a pe
Arco trionfale temporaneo innalzato dal popolo romano in onore del Sommo Pontefice Pio IX il giorno 8 settembre 1846, circa 1846. Salandri, E. [ca. 1846] The print depicts a temporary triumphal arch designed by architect Felice Cicconetti and erected by the Roman people in honor of Pope Pio IX on the 8 September 1846. Pio IX had been elected in June of 1846 and had gained much goodwill from the Roman populace for his liberal reforms. According to accompanying text, the arch was placed in the Piazza del Popolo before the church of S. Maria del Popolo. Atop the arch, Pio IX is pictured with a personification of justice, who is accompanied by a lion to symbolize strength, and one of peace, who is pictured with a cornucopia to symbolize abundance. Two coats of arms appear on either side of the arch below him, as well as images of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the Pontiff giving his blessing. Includes a scale at the base: Scala di Palmi Romani 80. Bears a stamp of the collector, in black ink, in the lower right hand corner and one on the verso in the lower center of the print. With a broadside titled: Arco trionfale innalzato al Sommo Pontefice Pio IX. 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,
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