Pasquino
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thumb|Modern pasquinades in Italian on the base of the statue Pasquino or Pasquin (; Latin: Pasquinus, Pasquillus) is the name used by Romans since the early modern period to describe a battered Hellenistic-style statue perhaps dating to the third century BC, which was unearthed in the Parione district of Rome in the fifteenth century. It is located in a piazza of the same name on the northwest corner of the Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma); near the site where it was unearthed.
Key facts
- Artwork.italic title
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- Artwork.title
- Pasquino
- Artwork.image_file
- Pasquino 2018.jpg
- Artwork.other_title_1
- Pasquin
- Artwork.other_language_2
- Latin
- Artwork.other_title_2
- Pasquillus
- Artwork.type
- Talking statues of Rome
- Artwork.subject
- Menelaus (supporting the body of Patroclus)Supposedly named for Pasquino, a neighboring tailor
- Artwork.city
- Piazza Pasquino, Rome, Italy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- statue
- Part of
- talking statues of Rome
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Roma Capitale
- Genre
- public art
- Movement
- Hellenistic sculpture
- Material used
- marble
- Image
- Pasquino 2018.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pasquino
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- inception
- 0150-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymological origins
- Tradition of wit
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|Modern pasquinades in Italian on the base of the statue Pasquino or Pasquin (; Latin: Pasquinus, Pasquillus) is the name used by Romans since the early modern period to describe a battered Hellenistic-style statue perhaps dating to the third century BC, which was unearthed in the Parione district of Rome in the fifteenth century. It is located in a piazza of the same name on the northwest corner of the Palazzo Braschi (Museo di Roma); near the site where it was unearthed.
The statue is located in Piazza Pasquino in Rome, the square takes its name from this statue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pasquino” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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