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ECL-Bn.14:45-2013

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ECL-Bn.14:45-2013

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Identification

Title

Two boxers

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

Two boxers, wearing loose tunics, one on right young, the other old and bearded, fight together. Each has 'gloves' tied almost to his elbows with great thongs. In the background on left is a wall with vegetation, on right are the ruins of an amphitheatre. Added in ink beneath the figure on left is ENTELLES, beneath the one on right DARES.
Inscribed on the block, lower right: ENTELLI/ET DAREI/CESTUUM/CERT/ SR

Content (object)

relief

Content (note)

Possibly a relief ?

Dimensions

height (actual size): 314mm
width (actual size): 272mm

Materials & techniques note

copper engraving on paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Engraver)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Object history note


Previous ownership

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