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Recent discoveries in the buried city of Pompeii: statuette of Silenus, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

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Recent discoveries in the buried city of Pompeii: statuette of Silenus, 1864. Engraving from a photograph '...placed at our disposal by the Rev. James Fletcher...great progress has been made in the task of bringing to light that abundant store of curious relics of antiquity which had remained for eighteen centuries buried in the ruins of Pompeii. The extent and importance of these operations, carried on under the direction of Cavaliere Fiorelli, with the advice of Signor Niccolini, the highest authority upon the subject, have been acknowledged throughout Europe by the students of Roman history and the connoisseurs of classic art...[The Silenus is one of] a pair of bronze statuettes, each about two feet in height, which have been found in different places among the ruins of the buried city. That of Silenus, bearing a tray on his head, is thought to have been a lamp-stand. It is remarkable that it shows the serpent and other Egyptian emblems'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A15_373

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

5,8Mo (208,8Ko) / 9,0cm x 16,0cm / 1068 x 1887 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city Italy people male man men religious arts country Rome religion metal statue statues sculpture bronze art guy British color lighting archaeology Pompeii deity God Roman craftsmanship lamp location century archaeological statuette Britain find newspapers press print metalwork artefact concept archaeological site mythology archeology artifact B&W engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Greek mythology Ancient Roman Ancient Rome nineteenth century Ancient city The Print Collector Illustrated London News lamp stand Silenus ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century metal work