Temples for the Gods

Sat 3 Sep 2011 — Mon 7 Oct 2013

Temples for the Gods — Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Veduta del Tempio di Bacco, in oggi chiesa de S. Urbano (View of the Temple of Bacchus, today called the Church of St Urban) 1758
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
gift of Pet

Exhibition Details

Many of the people clambering over the ruins of ancient Rome in the 17th and 18th centuries were merely curious about the secret city half-hidden beneath their feet. Connoisseurs, however, were acutely aware of the ruins' original function – as temples for gods and goddesses, and monuments for famous Romans.

Collectors avidly sought out original sculptures, sarcophagi and fragments of buildings from the Renaissance onwards, and in later centuries there was a thriving market for copies of major works. The discovery of the ruined townships of Pompeii and Herculaneum, near Naples, caused a widespread classical revival throughout Europe, known as Neoclassicism.

Translations and reprints of early texts whetted the appetite of connoisseurs. The names of Greek and Roman gods, as well as the heroes of mythology, became familiar to many, their symbolic meanings adapted to illustrate the ideals of the times.

This second part of Temples for the Gods draws on works from our collections which illustrate this ongoing fascination with the past. The curious 18th century onlookers populating them are joined by the heroic figures who were commemorated or worshipped in these buildings long ago.

Date: Sat 3 Sep 2011 — Mon 7 Oct 2013
Curated by: Mary Kisler
Location: Level 1
Cost: Free entry

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1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

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Credit line

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Medium

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Size (h x w)

450 x 1390 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

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Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

445 x 1196 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

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Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

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Credit line

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Production date

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Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

394 x 594 mm

Credit line

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Accession no

M1982/1/4/63

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Production date

1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

395 x 595 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

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Production date

1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

541 x 412 mm

Credit line

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M1982/1/4/71

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1756

Medium

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Size (h x w)

393 x 590 mm

Credit line

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Credit line

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Size (h x w)

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Credit line

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Production date

1770

Medium

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Size (h x w)

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Credit line

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Accession no

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1772

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Size (h x w)

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Credit line

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Credit line

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Medium

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Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1931

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Production date

circa 1830

Medium

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Size (h x w)

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Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1885

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Production date

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Medium

marble

Size (h x w)

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Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1928

Accession no

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Production date

1847

Medium

marble

Size (h x w)

902 x 600 x 350 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1928

Accession no

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Production date

1848

Medium

marble

Size (h x w)

775 x 400 x 370 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1928. Restoration sponsored by Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery.

Accession no

1928/6/2

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Unknown artist

Production date

Unknown

Medium

marble

Size (h x w)

393 x 300 x 180 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1929

Accession no

1929/9/5

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Bertel Thorvaldsen

Production date

circa 1830

Medium

marble

Size (h x w)

1040 x 720 x 440 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1927

Accession no

1927/2/11

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Bertel Thorvaldsen

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Joseph Nollekens

Production date

1793

Medium

marble

Size (h x w)

640 x 480 x 250 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Moss Davis, 1929

Accession no

U/354

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Production date

1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

450 x 1388 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/38

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Production date

1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

449 x 863 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/53

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Production date

1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

421 x 250 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/55

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Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

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Production date

1756

Medium

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Size (h x w)

395 x 250 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/67

Dimostrazione in grande del capitello di una delle colonne del Tempio di Giunone...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta del presente stato dell' interno del Pronao del tempio d'Ercole nella citta di Cora. (View of the present state of the interior of the pronaos of the Temple of Hercules in the city of Cori). — Veduta del presente stato dell' interno del Pronao del tempio d'Ercole nella cit...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

1764

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

388 x 548 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/80

Veduta del presente stato dell' interno del Pronao del tempio d'Ercole nella cit...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Veduta interna dell' antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di S. Urbano due miglia distante da Roma fuori di porta S Sebastino (Interior view of the temple of Bacchus, now the church of S. Urbano, two miles from Rome) [Now considered to be the Temple of Ceres and Faustina - John Wilton-Ely Vol. 1 pg 257] — Veduta interna dell' antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di S. Urbano due migl...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

1767

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

420 x 602 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/84

Veduta interna dell' antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di S. Urbano due migl...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

View of the Arch of Constantine — View of the Arch of Constantine

Stefano Della Bella

Production date

1656

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

320 x 268 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/22

View of the Arch of Constantine

Stefano Della Bella

Mars, Venus and Cupid — Mars, Venus and Cupid

Simone Cantarini Paolo Veronese

Production date

circa 1638

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

267 x 199 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/38

Mars, Venus and Cupid

Simone Cantarini Paolo Veronese

The Genius of Castiglione — The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Castiglione

Production date

1645-1647

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

373 x 248 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/47

The Genius of Castiglione

Giovanni Castiglione

Allegorical figure holding a sphere — Allegorical figure holding a sphere

Giorgio Ghisi

Production date

circa 1565

Medium

engraving

Size (h x w)

243 x 136 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/65

Allegorical figure holding a sphere

Apollo pursuing Daphne — Apollo pursuing Daphne

Cherubino Alberti Polidoro da Caravaggio

Production date

1590

Medium

engraving

Size (h x w)

220 x 145 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/89

Apollo pursuing Daphne

Cherubino Alberti Polidoro da Caravaggio

Bacchanal before a herm of Priapus — Bacchanal before a herm of Priapus

Giovanni Castiglione

On display

Production date

1648

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

227 x 181 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/45

Bacchanal before a herm of Priapus

Giovanni Castiglione

On display

Arco di Settimio Severo. Nel mezzo di questo passave l'antica Via Sacra che portava i Trionf. in Campid. (Arch of Septimius Severus through which passed the ancient Sacred Way, bringing victors to the Capitol. — Arco di Settimio Severo. Nel mezzo di questo passave l'antica Via Sacra che por...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

circa 1750

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

374 x 483 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/85

Arco di Settimio Severo. Nel mezzo di questo passave l'antica Via Sacra che por...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Altra veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (Another view of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli) — Altra veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (Another view of the Temple of t...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

1740-1778

Medium

etching

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2004

Accession no

2004/30/128

Altra veduta del tempio della Sibilla in Tivoli (Another view of the Temple of t...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

The Lovers Venus and Anchises — The Lovers Venus and Anchises

Carlo Cesio Annibale Carracci

Production date

circa 1657

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

235 x 222 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr G M Mitford, 1883

Accession no

1883/1/31

The Lovers Venus and Anchises

Carlo Cesio Annibale Carracci

Diana and Callisto — Diana and Callisto

Cornelius Cort Tiziano Vecellio

Production date

1566

Medium

engraving

Size (h x w)

438 x 368 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1957

Accession no

1957/31/5

Diana and Callisto

Cornelius Cort Tiziano Vecellio

Castel Sant'Angelo — Castel Sant'Angelo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

1754

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

432 x 559 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1962

Accession no

1962/10/1

Castel Sant'Angelo

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Venus and Adonis — Venus and Adonis

Jan Collaert

Production date

late 16th century-early 17th century

Medium

engraving

Size (h x w)

258 x 175 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr G M Mitford, 1883

Accession no

1883/1/54/2

Venus and Adonis

Hercules Killing the Hydra of Lerna — Hercules Killing the Hydra of Lerna

Giovanni Caraglio Rosso Fiorentino

Production date

circa 1524

Medium

engraving

Size (h x w)

216 x 180 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Ann Andrews and Robert Newton, 1993

Accession no

1992/36

Hercules Killing the Hydra of Lerna

Giovanni Caraglio Rosso Fiorentino

Vue Generale des Temples de Paestum, situes sur le bord de la Mer et pres du Golphe de Salernea. (Vue of the Temples of Paestum, near the Gulf of Salerno). — Vue Generale des Temples de Paestum, situes sur le bord de la Mer et pres du Gol...

Francois-Nicholas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller Claude-Louis Châtelet

Production date

1783

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

245 x 365 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1955

Accession no

1955/36/42

Vue Generale des Temples de Paestum, situes sur le bord de la Mer et pres du Gol...

Francois-Nicholas-Barthelemy Dequevauviller Claude-Louis Châtelet

Ruins with Figures, an Equestrian Statue, and a round Temple — Ruins with Figures, an Equestrian Statue, and a round Temple

Marco Ricci

Production date

1723-1730

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

433 x 322 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1985

Accession no

1985/1

Ruins with Figures, an Equestrian Statue, and a round Temple

Hercules and Deianira — Hercules and Deianira

Pieter van Gunst John Smith Tiziano Vecellio

Production date

1710-1714

Medium

engraving

Size (h x w)

422 x 276 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, transferred from Auckland City Libraries, gift of the Leys Institute, 2009

Accession no

2009/22/80

Hercules and Deianira

Pieter van Gunst John Smith Tiziano Vecellio

Vestibolo d'antico Tempio ... (Vestibule of an ancient temple) — Vestibolo d'antico Tempio ... (Vestibule of an ancient temple)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

circa 1743

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

258 x 350 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/10

Vestibolo d'antico Tempio ... (Vestibule of an ancient temple)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Vindicibus et Protectoribus Bonarum Artium I B Piranesius. (G B Piranesi [dedicates this work] to the Champions and Defenders of the Fine Arts). Frontispiece to Volume IV A monumental Roman harbour. — Vindicibus et Protectoribus Bonarum Artium I B Piranesius. (G B Piranesi [dedica...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

403 x 537 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/33

Vindicibus et Protectoribus Bonarum Artium I B Piranesius. (G B Piranesi [dedica...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Bacchus and Ariadne — Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Andrea Podesta Tiziano Vecellio

Production date

1640-1650

Medium

etching with engraving

Size (h x w)

318 x 396 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/88

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Andrea Podesta Tiziano Vecellio

The dream of Aeneas — The dream of Aeneas

Salvator Rosa

Production date

circa 1663-circa 1664

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

371 x 260 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/103

The dream of Aeneas

Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena or di S. Sebastiano. (The fountain and grotto of Egeria outside the Porta Capena). — Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena or di S. S...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

1766

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

405 x 690 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/87

Veduta della fonte e delle spelonche d'Egeria fuor della Porta Capena or di S. S...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Profilo del Tempio della Fortuna Virile (Side elevation of the temple of Fortuna Virilis) — Profilo del Tempio della Fortuna Virile (Side elevation of the temple of Fortuna...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Production date

1756

Medium

etching

Size (h x w)

542 x 415 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Dr Walter Auburn, 1982

Accession no

M1982/1/4/72

Profilo del Tempio della Fortuna Virile (Side elevation of the temple of Fortuna...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi