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Tivoli: Temple of Vesta reliefs (1682 drawing)
Tivoli: Reliefs on the Temple of Vesta (Desgodetz 1682)
The so-called Temple of Vesta, dating from the late 1st century BC, overlooks a cliff from the acropolis at Tivoli. The round temple has Corinthian columns, and a frieze with floral wreaths, rosettes, and bucrania or cow heads, such as shown here
These
details of the reliefs of the frieze and capital are shown in a 1682
drawing by French architect Antoine Desgodetz (1653–1728). In 1682,
Desgodetz published a series of drawings with measurements, entitled Les edifices Antiques de Rome (Paris), which included his studies of the Temple of Vesta.
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