1748
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Templum Iunoni, ac Iovi Pavellennio (The Temple of Juno and Jupiter) is a 1748 ink by Giovanni Francesco Costa, a Baroque work, depicting Ruins, held at National Gallery of Art.
A building stands in the center, its tall columns glowing in moonlight. Rough lines surround it, like the artist scratched them in a hurry. You can see Jupiter’s eagle and Juno’s peacock carved above the arch. This was a real temple in Rome. Costa etched it in 1748, long after the temple fell to ruins. He used drypoint, a way to scratch lines into metal that hold ink. The paper feels warm and rough under your fingers. Try printing with ink at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Giovanni Francesco Costa (1767–1770) was an artist.
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