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Description: | CRE PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista; (Italian; 1720-1778) PUB PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista; (Italian; 1720-1778) From the "Views of Rome", series of 137 prints. The Basilica di Santa Costanza contained the sarcophagus of Constantia, mother of the emperor Constantine. In the early 17th century the church was used by the Bentveughels, the society of Dutch and Flemish painters active in Rome, who celebrated their Bacchic rituals for the initiation of new members in the church, using the sarcophagus as Bacchus' throne. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CHURCH : S. CONSTANZA : ROME : SAINT CONSTANZA : PILLAR : LANDSCAPE : VIEWS OF ROME : TEMPLE : BACCHUS : INTERIOR : COSTUME : ALTAR : BENTVEUGHELS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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