The Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome
Date1927
Artist
Louis Conrad Rosenberg
(American printmaker, 1890–1983)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 8 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (22.5 × 34 cm)
sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 1/16 in. (31 × 45.9 cm)
sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 1/16 in. (31 × 45.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.348
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe ruin pictured here is a fourth-century nymphaeum that was erroneously identified as the Temple of Minerva Medica mentioned by Cicero and other ancient writers. The misidentification dates to the 17th century and lasted for hundreds of years.
