Madama Lucrezia

A mutilated Roman bust close to three metres high, probably a priestess of Isis or the goddess herself, set on a plinth at the corner of Palazzo Venezia and the Basilica of San Marco around 1500. It supplied the female voice of the Congresso degli Arguti, and its role was political as well as satirical: when French troops proclaimed the Roman Republic in 1798 and drove the pope into exile, the bust was pushed off its pedestal and posted with the words "I can't stand anymore."

Statue Name

Madama Lucrezia

Creation Year

Roman bust; placed at Piazza di San Marco c. 1500

Current Use

other

Category: Culture & History

Tags: pasquinade, talking statue, isis, piazza san marco

Coordinates: 41.895677, 12.4813123

Part of Rome's talking statues, where the pasquinades were posted

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