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| From Piranesi's Vedute, 1760 |
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| Piazza Colonna, October 2010 |
I love seeing how things change over time, and artworks of Rome produced over the centuries are amazing to compare with what is visible today. Giovanni Battista Piranesi's (1720-1778) etchings are of particular note. The two images above are clearly of the same column - the Column of Marcus Aurelius, in the Piazza Colonna. My photo is taken about 90 degrees clockwise from where Piranesi drew, but there's no mistaking it.
The column was completed by 193 AD, but the statue of St Paul was added as part of its restoration in 1589. There was probably a statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius originally, but that was lost well before the restoration.
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