ECL-Bn.13:30-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.13:30-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
La Porte du Mars at Rheims
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The arch with its three passage ways survives only to the cornice. In front of each pier two fluted Corinthian columns stand on projecting pedestals and flank a pedimented niche, in which are figures. From the pediment of the niche winged Victories fly up holding a roundel containing a bust. Over the roundel are crossed vexilla and putti flanking the drape. A rough line across the arch indicates the level of the earth.
Above the arch is the inscription: Frontispice d'un ancien monument de la Ville de Reims
Beneath the arch is a long explanatory inscription of the history of the arch and its discovery and excavation, in French, see actual engraving.
Inscribed in the lower left corner: Io Colin fecit Remis
Above the arch is the inscription: Frontispice d'un ancien monument de la Ville de Reims
Beneath the arch is a long explanatory inscription of the history of the arch and its discovery and excavation, in French, see actual engraving.
Inscribed in the lower left corner: Io Colin fecit Remis
Content (object)
arch
Dimensions
height (actual size): 367mm
width (actual size): 572mm
width (actual size): 572mm
Inscription
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• MacKendrick (124-5 fig. 4. 20)
• Eydoux (La France antique 82 fig. 86)
• Eydoux (La France antique 82 fig. 86)