Capitoline Hill

Image View Description

Exterior: View of Palazzo Nuovo from SW

Date

1536-1546

Creator
Buonarroti, Michelangelo (Italian architect, 1475-1564)
Work Type
architecture
Style/Period
Renaissance
Culture
Italian
Subject
Marcus Aurelius Statue (Rome, Italy)
Location
Rome (Italy)
Notes

The Piazza del Campidoglio has three main structures, Palazzo Senatorio, Palazzo dei Conservatori, and Palazzo Nuovo. In the center is a copy of the famous equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius from antiquity. Michelangelo designed the Piazza itself, as well as the Conservatori, and certain elements of the Senatorio as well.

Image Source

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Photographer
Caleb Smith
Record ID
1213_rome2012_palazzosenatorio_vr_003