A 2000-year old Roman wall decoration frieze known as the 'Aldobrandini Wedding (Nozze Aldobrandini)' was discovered in 1605 on the Esquiline Hill in Rome and soon transferred to a villa on the Quirinal Hill, possession of the Aldobrandini family, hence its name. Since 1818 it belongs to the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome. It was popular among artists of the 17th-19th centuries. See more about it my post of November 8, 2014 'Nuptial Allegory or the Aldobrandini Wedding' http://kbender.blogspot.be/2014/11/nuptial-allegory-or-aldobrandini-wedding.html?view=magazine

1. The Aldobrandini Wedding
A 2000-year old fresco, popular among artists of the 17th - 19th centuries
Story by: K. Bender

2. Roman Art: Nozze Aldobrandini
10BC - 10
An ancient large wall decoration frieze (height: 92 cm width: 242 cm): a "Nuptial Allegory" discovered in 1605 on the
Esquiline Hill in Rome, and transferred to the Aldobrandini villa on the Quirinal Hill. Hence, its title 'Aldobrandini
Wedding'
Since 1818 in the Vatican Apostolic Library in Vatican City, Rome.
For full scholarly reference: CensusID 10007607
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See further details about the painting and its popularity since the 17th century: Nuptial Allegory or the Aldobrandini Wedding
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3. VAN DIJCK, Antoon: Aldobrandini Wedding
1623
"Si vede nel giardino di Aldobrandino/dipinto in fresco anticho", "sposalitio degli Romani Antiqhi" a drawing, pen and brown
ink, 20.2 x 15.6 cm, in the sketchbook of the Italian journey (1623-27) of Antoon Van Dijck (1599 Antwerpen-1641
London).
Ref. Adriani G (1940-1965) 'Anton Van Dyck - Italienisches Skizzebuch'. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Wien. p.21, pl.50v
British Museum number 1957,1214.207.50

4. CORTONA, Pietro da: Nozze Aldobrandini
1624 - 1627
A drawing, 25.5 x 103.3 cm, by Pietro da Cortona, detto Berrettini (1596 Cortona-1669 Roma), preparatory for
Bernardino Capitelli's print.
Windsor, Royal Collection, RL19228
Ref. S.Prosperi Valenti Rodino: 'PIETRO da CORTONA e il Disegno' Electa, 1997, p.70, nr 2.3

5. CAPITELLI, Bernardino: Nozze Aldobrandini
1627
Engraving, 25.2 x 99.9 cm, by Bernardino Capitelli (1590 Siena-1637) after the drawing by Pietro da Cortona.
Roma, Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica.
'Pietro da Cortona e il disegno' Roma, 30 ottobre 1997 ? 10 febbraio 1998

6. French School: Les Noces aldobrandines
1650
Anonymous 17th century, drawing, 15.8 x 36.5, from the collection Masson.
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris, inv.Mas.1427
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7. POUSSIN, Nicolas: Le nozze Aldobrandini
1650
A copy painting, credited to Nicolas POUSSIN (1594 Les Andelys -1665 Roma) by the original owners, the dal Pozzo
family, is now in the Galleria Doria-Pamphilj, Rome, inv. nr 359.
The picture is from Gallica.

8. BARTOLI, Pietro Santi: Aldobrandini wedding
1673 - 1674
A watercolour on paper, folio 41, in a manuscript entitled 'Watercolour drawings by Pietro Santi Bartoli after antique Roman
paintings. 1674' by Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700). Plate XLI, MS GEN 1496 owned by the University Library in
Glasgow.
Probably also published by J J von Sandrart, Nüremberg, 1692.

9. SANDRART, Susanna : Nova Nupta in Geniali Thalamo
1680
Print illustration by Suzanne Maria von Sandrart (1658 Neurenberg - 1716) p.200a+b in book by Joachim von Sandrart :
"Iconologia Deorum, Oder Abbildung der Götter, Welche von den Alten verehret worden: Aus den Welt-berühntesten
Antichen der Griechischen und Römischen Statuen, ..." Nürnberg , Frankfurt a.M. , 1680
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg: Persistente URL

10. BELLORI, Gian Pietro: Aldobrandini. Nozze 1-2
1693
Print illustrations by Gian Pietro Bellori (1613 Roma?1696) in his book 'Admiranda Romanarum antiquitatum ac veteris
sculpturae vestigia' published 1693 in Rome.
See 'Corpus informatico belloriano' a cura di Paola Barocchi, Sonia Maffei, Tomaso Montanari. Centro di Ricerche
Informatiche per i Beni Culturali della Scuola Normale di Pisa.

11. BARTOLI, Francesco: Aldobrandini wedding
1718
A drawing from the Sketchbook, vol. 1, p. 80 by Francesco Bartoli (born c 1675 Roma-died c1730).
In Holkham, Holkham Hall
Warburg Photographic Collection

12. English School: The Aldobrandini Wedding
1750
Painting, dated 1700 - 1799, oil on canvas, 45,7 x 116,8 cm.
Collection Stourhead, Wiltshire, National Trust inventory Number 732276

13. ZUCCHI, Antonio: The Aldobrandini Marriage
1769
Painting, oil on paper, 25.5 x 64.1 cm, by Antonio Pietro Francesco Zucchi (1726-1795).
Collection: English Heritage, Kenwood, accession number:
88302526
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Remark: this painting ressembles the ancient fresco, but has a totally different composition.

14. French School: Les noces aldobrandines
1775 - 1799
Of the late eighteenth century: gouache, paper mounted on canvas, 85 x 270 cm.
On auction Philippe Rouillac, Cheverney 10 June, 2007, lot nr 75.

15. SMUGLEWICZ, Franciszek: Wesele Aldobrandini
1776
A coloured etching, 53,3, x 84,6 cm, by by the Polish artist Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807).
Marco Carloni used the design for his book illustration (see his entry).
National Museum in Warsaw, inventory number Rys. Pol. 11751/60.
It was published with all others prints forming the Vestigia delle Terme di Tito by Vincenzo Brenna, Marco Carlone and
Franciszek Smuglewicz in the catalogue of the monographic exhibition: Justyna Guze 'Z?oty Dom Nerona. Wystawa w 200-
lecie ?mierci Franciszka Smuglewicza', Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, 5 maja ? 13 lipca 2008, Muzeum (cat. no 60., p.
246-7).
With thanks to Ms.Justyna Guze,
Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Picture from Galerie WP Z?oty Dom Nerona
An identical gouache ''Les noces aldobrandines' anonymous, Italian School of the 4th quarter of the 17th century, 55.9 x 87.5
cm, is in Musée du Louvre, Paris, inv nr 18125.
Apparently the dating '17th century' is wrong.

16. CARLONI, Marco: Aldobrandinische Hochzeit
1776
Illustration by Marco Carlonii (born ?-active 1776 Roma - died ?) after a design by Franciszek Smuglewicz (Polish, 1745-
1807), printed as plate nr 61 in =buch_item&search[constraints][buch][alias]=Carletti1776Vol1&search[match]=exact]Mirri,
Ludovico & Carletti, G: "Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture". Presso Ludovico Mirri Mercante de Quadri
incontro al Palazzo Bernini a Roma,1776
Rome, Bibliotheca Hertziana, inv 08075664 Teil 061 (title as given online)
See further details of the plate in
=buch_item&search[constraints][buch][alias]=Carletti1776Vol2&search[match]=exact]Carloni, Marco. 1742-1796: Vestigia
delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture.. A Roma 1776.

17. CHAIX, Louis: Noces Aldobrandines
1778
Three panels painted in grisaille by Louis Chaix (1744 - 1811 Paris):
L'épouse voilée
La toilette de la mariée
Hymenaios
They decorate the library in Château Borély which houses the Musée des Arts décoratifs, de la Faïence et de la Mode in
Marseilles.
The pictures are copyright Rvalette (Wikipedia)

19. Italian craft: Fan depicting 'The Aldobrandini Wedding'
1780
Created c. 1780, leather (kid) leaf; carved and pierced ivory guards, dimensions: 27.5 cm. Belonged to Queen Mary, consort
of George V, King of the United Kingdom (1867-1953).
' The fan has a fine decorative border. The latter incorporates swans with eels in their beaks; the reserves are decorated in
Etruscan style with the heads of Gorgons at either side."
Windsor, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 25364

20. MEYER, Johann Heinrich: Die Aldobrandinische Hochzeit
1796
A drawing: brush, wash, 24 x 74 cm, by Meyer, Johann Heinrich (1760-1832), artistic advisor to Goethe in Weimar.
Weimar, Goethe-Nationalmuseum.
Ref. Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der
Wissenschaften and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
CensusID10009568 (6 November 2014)

21. French School: Noces aldobrandines
1799
Coloured wallpaper, 54,5 x 105 cm, of the Manufacture Monchablon, Paris.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Source: Gallica

22. CLUNY, Giuseppe: Nozze Aldobrandine
1802
Etching and aquatint, 42,2 x 57 cm, printed by Giuseppe Cluny (Italian, born?-active 1802-died?) after a drawing in 1775 by
Lodovico Mirri (born? -active 1775 - died 1786) and Francesco Novelli (1764 - 1836)
British Museum number 1900,0827.1

23. MOCHETTI, Alessandro: Aldobrandinische Hochzeit
1806
Illustration by Allesandro Mochetti (born 1760 Roma - died ?) after a design by Luigi Agricola (1759 Roma-1821),
printed as plate nr 2 in '?Schola Italica Artis Pictoriae" published by P P Montagnani, Roma in 1806.
Rome, Bibliotheca Hertziana, inv KatM-ROM 105-4060 (title as given online)

24. MEDICO, Luigi del: Le nozze
1818
Engraving, consisting of two sides, 34 x 43 cm and 34.5 x 43.2 cm, by Luigi del Medico (Italian born?-active 1818-died? ).
British Museum numbers Nn,7.24.b and Nn,7.24.a

25. RICHMOND, George: A copy of the Aldobrandini Marriage
1838
Painting, oil on canvas, 81.4 x 242 cm, by George Richmond (1809 Brompton ? 1896 London).
Birmingham Museums Trust , accession number: 1955P108
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26. French School: The Aldobrandini Wedding
1850
Engravings of the French School, (19th century).
Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris.
Source: Bridgeman

27. WILLIAMS, Christopher: The Aldobrandini Wedding
1904
Painting, oil on canvas, 97 x 248 cm, by Christopher Williams (1873 Maesteg, Wales - 1934 London).
Collection: Aberystwyth University, School of Art Gallery and Museum, accession number: OP157
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