Houses on the Tarpeian Rock, Capitol Hill, Rome

Thomas Hartley Cromek (1809-1873)
Houses on the Tarpeian Rock, Capitol Hill, Rome

Inscribed lower right: The Tarpeian rock
Watercolour over pencil
34.6 by 33.3 cm., 13 1/2 by 13 in.

Provenance:
With Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, , London, 2000, where bought by the father of the present owner

Literature:
Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, English Watercolours, Drawings and Small Oil Paintings, exhibition catalogue, 2000, no. 88, ill.

Exhibited:
London, Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd, English Watercolours, Drawings and Small Oil Paintings,1st to 24th March 2000, no. 88

The Tarpeian Rock or Rupe Tarpea was in the gardens of the Casa Tarpea on the Capitol Hill. In Roman times, criminals were thrown off it.