Caption
Tomb Eurysaces and Aristia BC 20? Effigies Eurysaces and Aristia, View of the Tomb of Eurysaces and the Sculptures of Marcus Vergil Eurysaces and Aristia, page, photomechanical print, number: '3', c. 1870 - in or before 1877, paper, photoaquatint, height 223 mm x width 142 mm, sculpture, grave, tomb, Rome, Tomb of Eurysaces, A vertically oriented page showing two black-and-white photographic images stacked one above the other with blank margins around them. The top image depicts a large stone funerary monument photographed at an angle, showing two adjoining faces of a rectangular tomb block with circular recessed openings arranged in a grid pattern and a decorative cornice at the top; the stone has a weathered surface with darker shadowed recesses and lighter worn faces. The bottom image shows a stone funerary relief with two standing draped figures carved in high relief against a rectangular backing stone placed on a stepped base; the figures wear long flowing garments with folds and stand close together, and the lower portion of the scene includes a rectangular inscribed panel set into the base. The page background is aged and slightly textured.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26A98_064
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39.6Mb (8.5Mb) / 9.4in x 16.4in / 2819 x 4909 (300dpi)