Sujet

Cast of lost frieze (?) from Aula Regia mounted over cast of scrolls and flowers. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of lost frieze (?) from Aula Regia mounted over cast of scrolls and flowers. Composite of two casts showing a frieze from the Aula Regia (main hall) of the Domitian's Palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome. The Aula Regia was excavated in the early 1700s, and many fragments of it were drawn in situ by Piranesi. Some elements were moved to the Farnese collection and others remained in situ. This particular detail, showing a wing Cupid and a leaping panther set in a framework of scrolling flowers, comes from a frieze that is known in eight recorded fragments. This fragment is now seemingly now lost but was reproduced elsewhere in the early 1800s.

Crédit

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

Notre référence

HRM26A34_457

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54.6Mo (5.3Mo) / 44.0cm x 31.1cm / 5195 x 3671 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves animal Italy building religious architecture plant plants arts country Rome religion shape leaf sculpture art feline panther color decoration decorative Classical relief deity God Roman location cherub cherubs artefact concept cupid angelic cast mould decorated artifact big cat putto mold Plaster Cast Colour allegory bas relief bas-relief allegorical allegorical figure Ancient Roman Ancient Rome cherubim acanthus acanthus leaf artistic school putti sculpture Unknown plaster Amor amorini acanthus leaves Royal Academy of Arts