View of Rome: The Ponte Milvio
Maker
Jean Baptiste Lallemand
(French, 1716-1803?)
Daten.d.
MediumGouache on heavy wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (24.1 × 37.1 cm)
Framed (under glass): 11 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 3/4 in. (29.8 × 42.5 × 1.9 cm)
Framed (under glass): 11 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 3/4 in. (29.8 × 42.5 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lucia Woods Lindley
Object number2006.93
Status
Not on viewThe Milvian Bridge, built in 109 BC, has served as the backdrop to dramatic historical events both ancient and relatively modern. The Emperor Maxentius, after his defeat by Constantine in 312, was thrown into the Tiber from this bridge and drowned. The bridge was blown up by Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882) in the revolution of 1849 and then restored the following year. Historical drama, however, is not Lallemand’s concern in this peaceful, idyllic depiction.
Jean Baptiste Lallemand
n.d.
Jean-Baptiste (called François) Collignon
1633
