Title

Marphurius Or Marforio. It Is One Of The Talking Statues Of Rome. Marforio Maintained A Friendly Rivalry With His Most Prominent Rival

Caption

Rome, Capitoline Hill: Marphurius or Marforio. It is one of the talking statues of Rome. Marforio maintained a friendly rivalry with his most prominent rival, Pasquin. As at the other five "talking statues", pasquinades — irreverent satires poking fun at public figures — were posted beside Marforio in the 16th and 17th centuries.Marforio is a large 1st century Roman marble sculpture of a reclining bearded river god or Oceanus, which in the past has been variously identified as a depiction of Jupiter, Neptune, or the Tiber. It was the humanist and antiquarian Andrea Fulvio who first identified it as a river god, in 1527.
Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date

Dec 10, 2002

Credit line

Ghigo Roli/Photo12

Reference

GHR20A00_066

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,9Mb (2,4Mb) / 7,8in x 9,4in / 2333 x 2827 (300dpi)

Keywords

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