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Togatus Barberini is a Roman marble sculpture from around the first-century AD [1] that depicts a full-body figure, referred to as a togatus, holding the heads of deceased ancestors in either hand. [2] It is housed in the Centrale Montemartini in Rome, Italy (formerly in the Capitoline Museums). [1]
Francesco established there the Arazzia Barberini or Barberini Tapestry works in 1627 which remained open until 1679. [5] In February 1634, a revised version of Il Sant'Alessio, was performed at the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane, the Cardinal's private opera theater in the Palazzo. [6] The Cardinal had written the libretto and Stefano Landi the ...
The so-called "Togatus Barberini", a statue depicting a Roman senator holding portrait effigies (possibly imagines) of deceased ancestors; marble, late 1st century BC; head (not belonging): mid 1st century BC.
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John Bodel calculates an annual death rate of 30,000 among a population of about 750,000 in the city of Rome, not counting victims of plague and pandemic. [10] At birth, Romans of all classes had an approximate life expectancy of 20–30 years: men and women of citizen class who reached maturity could expect to live until their late 50's or much longer, barring illness, disease and accident. [11]
Piazza Barberini in 2011. In 1935 the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni (INA) bought the complex bounded by Piazza Barberini, Via Vittorio Veneto, Via dei Cappuccini (formerly Via Ferrea) and Via della Purificazione; but then had to fend off a purchase by the Giornale d’Italia, backed by the minister for the Press and Propaganda. [5]
Palazzo Barberini ai Giubbonari, also called Casa Grande Barberini, [1] [2] to distinguish it from the more famous palace in the Trevi district, is a historic palace in Rome. It was the family 's first residence in the papal capital and, even after the construction of the palace at the Quattro Fontane , it remained the home of Taddeo , prince ...
Togatus Barberini; Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany; Tomb of Ferdinand van den Eynde; Tomb of Pope Alexander VII; Truth Unveiled by Time (Bernini) Tusculum portrait; Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese