ECL-Bn.14:19-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:19-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Horatio's defence of the bridge
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Horatius in full armour stands in the centre of an arched bridge, facing the attack of the enemy on left. Behind him on right a group of men break up the bridge with pickaxes, backed up by a line of soldiers on far right. Part of a building stands in the background of the bridge on left.
Above the scene is the inscription: Monumentum Horatii super pontem confligen/tis quod aduc in romae ruinis ita sculptum est.
Lower left inscribed on rock: M L
Above the scene is the inscription: Monumentum Horatii super pontem confligen/tis quod aduc in romae ruinis ita sculptum est.
Lower left inscribed on rock: M L
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 276mm
width (actual size): 350mm
width (actual size): 350mm
Inscription
On the back of the engraving, in very small figures, written in ink 020
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
Date
c.1550