The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

1548
Location: not on view

Description

When Michelangelo redesigned the Campidoglio, a civic piazza on top of Capitoline Hill in Rome, he repositioned the ancient Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius in the center of the piazza on a newly designed plinth with antique-style lettering. Just after the piazza was completed, Nicolas Beatrizet made this engraving of the statue and plinth as part of a series of prints of Roman monuments, which were often purchased by travelers to Rome. Michelangelo was uncredited in such images, but his impact on civic design gradually became part of the collective visual memory of Rome.
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  • {{cite web|title=Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius|url=false|author=Nicolas Beatrizet|year=1548|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1922.143