Caption
Amasonis pugnantis effigies in aedibus Farnesianis, Sculpture of an Amazon on horseback, Ancient sculptures in Rome, Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae in publicis locis visuntur icones, print, album page, Caption in Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '7', printmaker, publisher, Rome, Italy, paper, engraving, height 224 mm x width 144 mm, The image is located in the Museo archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. This print is part of a set of 79 prints (title print) depicting ancient sculptures in Rome., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, (story of) the Amazons, A detailed line engraving shows a rearing horse with a muscular body, curled mane, and lifted front legs, standing on a raised rectangular plinth; a partially reclined armored figure sits astride the horse's hindquarters with one arm extended backward and the head tilted back, long wavy hair falling down, and a circular shield held above the torso; the background is filled with closely spaced horizontal lines and the plinth has vertical hatching on its side.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B31_034
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46.8Mb (7.1Mb) / 11.0in x 16.5in / 3312 x 4939 (300dpi)