Sujet

Cast of monumental pilaster fragment with acanthus, scrolls, and birds, late 18th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of monumental pilaster fragment with acanthus, scrolls, and birds, Villa Medici, late 18th century. The cast is of one of four pilaster fragments now set in a wall in the Loggia di Cleopatra of the Villa Medici in Rome. The original monument which featured these four pilasters almost certainly dates to the first half of the first century AD/CE. Their sheer size indicates that they either came from a temple or an honorific arch.

Date

1775

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts, London

Notre référence

HRM26A34_456

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63.3Mo (7.4Mo) / 27.9cm x 56.8cm / 3298 x 6711 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves Italy architecture plant plants arts country Rome shape leaf sculpture art color decoration decorative Classical relief Roman location century artefact concept cast mould decorated artifact stylized stylised mold Plaster Cast Colour bas relief bas-relief 18th century Ancient Roman Ancient Rome Eighteenth Century 1st century acanthus acanthus leaf object sculpture Unknown plaster 1st century AD acanthus leaves Royal Academy of Arts