ECL-Bn.14:8-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:8-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: part of the Great Trajanic Frieze
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
On left Roma watches while Victoria crowns Trajan. In the background are rows of soldiers with spears and vexilla. On right two Roman cavalrymen charge a kneeling barbarian; two infantrymen take a prisoner. A barbarian lies dead on the ground.
MF on the plinth lower right
MF on the plinth lower right
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 288mm
width (actual size): 435mm
width (actual size): 435mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
Date
c.1550
History and association
Object history note
Previous ownership
References
• Pallottino (BCom LXVI 17-56 'Il grande fregio di Traiano')