William
Walcot R.E., Hon.R.I.B.A.
(Odessa
1874 – 1943 Ditchling, Sussex)
The
first wooden Temple of Jupiter or Restoration
of one of the first Temples of Jupiter Capitolinus,
Rome
The
first wooden Temple of Jupiter or
Restoration
of one of the first Temples of Jupiter Capitolinus,
Rome
E
H-L 68. 126 x 177 mm. Etching with drypoint
and aquatint, 1918.
Signed in pencil. Published by
H C Dickins. UK edition of 75 + 25 for the US. On
cream F J Head & Co laid
paper, one unobtrusive foxmark, mount-stained in
the sheet margins.
£400
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Additional
Information about the Print
Included
in the James Connell & Sons 1918
one-man exhibition of Walcot under the title An
Etruscan Temple – Jupiter Capitolinus.
Also included in the 1927 Fine Art Society mixed
show of Etchings, and
in the 1929 Beaux Arts mixed show of contemporary
etchers, 1929.
The
Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus was built by the
last of the ‘Etruscan’ Kings of
Rome in 509 BC, just before his downfall, and consecrated
in the first year of the Roman Republic. Little
is known of the links between the earliest Roman
buildings and Etruscan models or prototypes. Of
the Vitruvian Etruscan ‘Tuscan’ order
there are no remains extant.
The
Capitoline Hill was the most significant of the
seven hills of Rome and the Temple to Jupiter
the most sacred shrine in the ancient city. It
was burnt down and restored three times. The original
Etruscan temple, in wood, was rebuilt by the Romans
with imperial splendour. It was preserved till
AD 455 and gradually disappeared in the Middle
Ages. Its foundations are beneath the Palazzo
Caffarelli.
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