TASSI, Agostino
(b. 1578, Roma, d. 1644, Roma)

Competition on the Capitoline Hill

1630s
Oil on canvas
Pinacoteca Capitolina, Rome

The picture depicts the competition to climb the greasy pole on the Capitoline Hill. The picture records the still incomplete state of the square, lacking the counterpart to the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the left side.