Sujet

Cast of modillion decorated with a palmette at its base, late 18th or early 19th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Cast of modillion decorated with a palmette at its base, late 18th or early 19th century. The cast is of a modillion in the Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican Museums. It is currently mounted upside down and supports a statue of Cupid in the sleep of death. It was part of the collection of casts of Thomas Lawrence which were sold on auction on 10 May 1830.

Date

1775

Crédit

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

Notre référence

HRM26A35_079

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60.2Mo (4.2Mo) / 31.7cm x 47.5cm / 3744 x 5616 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves Italy building architecture plant plants country Rome shape leaf color decoration decorative Classical Roman location century artefact concept cast mould decorated artifact stylized stylised mold Plaster Cast Colour 19th century 18th century Ancient Roman Ancient Rome Eighteenth Century nineteenth century palmette sculpture Unknown plaster 19th-century Royal Academy of Arts