Constantin Hansen (b. Rome 1804, d. Frederiksberg 1880)
“Minervatemplet på Nervas Forum i Rom”. The Temple of Minerva on the Forum of Nerva in Rome. C. 1840. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 35×27 cm.
Emil Hannover, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Constantin Hansen no. 213.
Literature: Knud Voss, “Guldalderens Malerkunst”, 1968, mentioned pp. 134–135 (in Danish): “Constantin Hansen was able to place great spontaneous power in this kind of spontaneous painting. In this painting depicting the Temple of Minerva at the Forum of Nerva, the Danish painter seems related to Piranesi with his clear comprehension of the monumental nature of Roman Architecture.”, reproduced p. 137.
Provenance: The painter Janus la Cour. Consul General Johan Hansen's collection, his auctions, Part l, Winkel & Magnussen 119, 1932 no. 55.
The Temple of Minerva was a temple on the short side of the Forum of Nerva in Rome. It was completed by Domitian in 97 AD - he had a particular devotion to Minerva. It was still well-preserved in the 16th century, when pope Paul V used materials from the temple for his Fontana dell'Acqua Paola on the Janiculum Hill and for the Borghese chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore.
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Paintings & drawings, 31 May 2016