Ruins of the Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

bronze on belgian black marble
5-1/2″ h., 1860’s
4,750

 

Is there any more picturesque Roman place? Perched above the falls of the Aniene, a subject for painters across three centuries.

Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, c. 1761