Sujet

Cast of low relief depicting figure of Victory and acanthus decoration. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of low relief depicting figure of Victory and acanthus decoration. The cast is of a portion of a terracotta relief which probably served as an antefix (block which terminates and conceals the covering tiles of a tiled roof). The cast does not show the peaked upper edge of the original object which is now in the British Museum. The figural decoration, a victory amid acanthus scrolls, is symmetric and deliberately styled to look archaic. This is typical of this genre of terracotta panels of early imperial date. (Roman imperial period: c27 BCE-late 4th century AD/CE).

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts, London/Paul Highnam

Notre référence

HRM26A33_468

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

56.3Mo (5.5Mo) / 42.0cm x 33.6cm / 4960 x 3968 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves Italy female women woman people plant plants arts country Rome shape leaf sculpture art color decoration decorative Classical relief Roman location century victory artefact cast mould decorated artifact mold Plaster Cast Colour allegory bas relief bas-relief allegorical allegorical figure Ancient Roman Ancient Rome Winged Victory 1st century 1st century BC acanthus acanthus leaf artistic school winged figure object sculpture Unknown plaster 1st century AD acanthus leaves Royal Academy of Arts