19th Century

casts at EUR

casts at the V&A

Casts of the Frieze

Surviving casts of the Column for Trajan are currently located in the Museo della Civilta Romana (in the EUR district) in Rome and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. These two casts from the 19th century were, fortunately, not destroyed during the twentieth century, when casts fell out of fashion and were often thrown away. In Rome, the plaster frieze is displayed in the basement gallery in consecutive sections, at eye level, in four rows. This enables close looking under consistent, raking lighting. The casts in London are actually reassembled into a column format, divided into two smaller columns, which can be viewed from different floors surrounding the “Cast Court.”  MJ

University of St. Andrew’s. “The Study of Trajan’s Column, Casts.” Accessed October 6, 2016. http://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/trajans-column/the-project/the-study-of-trajans-column/

Victoria and Albert Museum. “Trajan’s Column.” http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/trajans-column/

Museo della Civilta Romana. “Sala li la Colonna Traiana.” http://en.museociviltaromana.it/collezioni/percorsi_per_sale/sezioni_tematiche/sala_li_la_colonna_traiana