Muirhead Bone Orvieto Cathedral before 1927 drawing Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
attributed to Richard Parkes Bonington View of le Havre before 1828 watercolour, bodycolour British Museum |
Jan Luyken Underground vaulting, St Petersburg 1682 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
("to label something something")
There was an ancient well-site beneath the labyrinth
I did not reach, the part underground,
labeled (what else?) The Crypt.
But labels always hide something
about what they seem to define.
They set things apart
without disclosing why.
Alive costs a pretty penny
to see The Crypt now.
– Cynthia Hogue (2017)
Gerrit Adriaens Berckheyde Town Hall of Amsterdam before 1698 oil on panel Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
Jacopo Zucchi Old St Peter's Basilica, Rome (with Michelangelo's new dome under construction behind) ca. 1565 drawing Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
Hendrick van Cleve Old St Peter's Basilica, Rome (foundation walls of Michelangelo's new dome at center, in distance ) 1585 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Hendrick van Cleve Castel Sant'Angelo with fireworks, Rome 1585 engraving British Museum |
Hendrick van Cleve Palazzo Farnese, Rome (with bull-fighting in the piazza) 1585 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Canaletto Interior Court of the Doge's Palace, Venice ca. 1765 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
Canaletto Piazza San Marco, Venice ca. 1765 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
Herman van Swanevelt Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati, Rome ca. 1655 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
attributed to Gian Paolo Panini St Peters Basilica from Piazza di San Pietro, Rome before 1765 watercolor Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
Willem van Nieulandt the Younger after Gerard ter Borch Ponte Rotto, Rome ca. 1599-1605 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Paolo Monaldi (and others) Prince James receiving his son Prince Henry in front of Palazzo del Re in Rome ca. 1747-48 oil on canvas National Galleries of Scotland |
"The Palazzo del Re was home to the exiled Jacobite court in Rome. Owned by the Muti family, it was rented by the Papacy for the Old Pretender, James Francis Edward Stuart. Both James's sons, Charles Edward ('Bonnie Prince Charlie') and Henry Benedict were born in the palace. The event depicted here is a celebration organised in honour of Henry's appointment as cardinal deacon on 3 July 1747. James, wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Garter, is shown greeting his younger son, who is dressed in the black coat, scarlet stockings and shoes with red heels often worn by cardinals in the eighteenth century. The palace itself has been lavishly 'dressed' with temporary architectural decoration, somewhat like a theatre set."
– curator's notes from the National Galleries of Scotland