Sujet

Cast of patera (libation bowl) with Medusa head from frieze, late 18th or early 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of patera (libation bowl) with Medusa head from frieze, late 18th or early 19th century. Head of Medusa in the centre of a bowl decorated with acanthus leaves. Plaster cast of the patera from the frieze on the north side of the Temple of the Divine Vespasian (Temple of Vespasian and Titus) in Rome, begun by Titus in 79 AD/CE after Vespasian's death.

Date

1775

Crédit

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

Notre référence

HRM26A34_180

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

68.7Mo (7.1Mo) / 41.0cm x 42.0cm / 4842 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves Italy religious architecture plant plants country Rome religion temple shape leaf color Roman location century concept mythology cast mould Medusa mold Plaster Cast Colour 19th century mythical creature Greek mythology 18th century Ancient Roman Ancient Rome Eighteenth Century Gorgon nineteenth century 1st century acanthus acanthus leaf mythical beast sculpture Unknown plaster 1st century AD Temple of Vespasian and Titus mythical creatures acanthus leaves mythical beasts mythological creature 19th-century Royal Academy of Arts Temple of the Divine Vespasian