Identifier: romancapitolinan00rodo (find matches)
Title: The Roman Capitol in ancient and modern times
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Rodocanachi, Emmanuel Pierre, 1859-1934. (from old catalog) Lawton, Frederick, (from old catalog) tr
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Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & company (London printed)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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had been called from Bologna to Rome by Pope Gregory XIII., who com-missioned him to paint Constantines hall at the Vatican ; this work was accomplishedonly under the pontificate of Sixtus V. He taught perspective at the Academy ofSt. Luke. The date of his birth is unknown. The only thing certain is that he diedat the age of eighty, before the commencement of the eighteenth century. Baglione,Vite die Pit tori, p. 68. ■1 Archiv. Stor. Capit., Cred. VI. vol. 61, fol. 200. Each magistracy lasted threemonths. 5 Supplicatio drii, Thotnae Laureti pictoHs. Archiv, Stor. Capit., Cred, VI.vol. 61, fol. 10. INTERIOR DECORATION 157 to execute a statue of Sixtus V., and who, on the i6th of June,1587, addressed an urgent supplication to the Council. Theprice fixed upon for his statue was thirteen hundred crowns.^ In 1592, Laureti had not yet been able to finish his work.The Council appointed deputies with a view to their hasteninghim.^ It was not, however, until three years later, in 1595, that
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FIG. 33.—THE CAPITOLINE PALACES. FROM AN ENGRAVING OFTHE CABINET OF PRINTS. the painter could place them definitely in possession of thedecorated room. As a reward, he was given three hundredcrowns.^ While this undertaking was going on, in 1593, the Councilhad adopted another, viz., the decoration of the first hall. This 1 See p. 172. 2 . . . Qui ojiini conatu curent tota>it secundam aulam Palatii qtiam celerrimeper D. Thotnam pictoreut pingi^ perfici et Jiniri. Sitting of the i8th of Dec,1592. Archiv. Stor. Capit., Cred. I. vol. 30, fol. 65. • Ibid., fol. 163. 158 THE ROMAN CAPITOL time they were lavish in precautions. A committee of tenmembers, comprising the two chancellors, was appointed tosuperintend the operations and to make constant reports tothe assembly, without ever itself deciding anything.^ Theresult was that nothing was done. Two years after, in 1595,they were still seeking for an exquisite, first-rate, and ex-cellent painter who should be equally acceptable to Co

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