Légende
Relief of Horatius Cocles on horseback defending the Pons Sublicus in the water, Horaty image in aedibus cuiudam nobilis Romani, Antique sculptures in Rome, Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae quae in publicis locis visuntur icones, print, album page, Caption in the Latin. Print is part of an album., number: '35', printmaker, publisher, Rome, Italy, paper, engraving, height 220 mm x width 134 mm, This print is part of a set of 79 prints (title print) depicting ancient sculptures in Rome., piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, Horatius Cocles at the Pons Sublicius: single-handedly he keeps the Etruscans at bay while the bridge is broken down by the Romans behind him, he escapes by jumping into the Tiber, A monochrome etched scene shows a bearded man wearing a draped garment and a headwrap, standing waist-deep in water with one hand resting on a surface and the other holding the bridle of a rearing horse beside him; the horse has a decorative bridle and a flowing mane, and both figures are set against a background of crosshatched shading and architectural or patterned drapery, with rippling water lines filling the lower part of the image.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B31_014
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
45.6Mo (12.6Mo) / 26.4cm x 43.2cm / 3123 x 5107 (300dpi)