ECL-Bn.15:39-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.15:39-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Amphitheatre
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The amphitheater has two sets of walls arranged in catenary curves from two monumental entrance towers, one at each end of the building. The walls are pierced with arches. The amphitheatre is set in a landscape and figures are dotted about, both inside and out.
Inscribed above the amphitheatre: LAMPHITHEATRE DIT LE PALAIS DE GAILLIAN PRES LA VILLE DE BORDEAUX.
Inscribed lower right: Par C. Chastillion. Written in ink beneath, on backing sheet PPPP.
Inscribed above the amphitheatre: LAMPHITHEATRE DIT LE PALAIS DE GAILLIAN PRES LA VILLE DE BORDEAUX.
Inscribed lower right: Par C. Chastillion. Written in ink beneath, on backing sheet PPPP.
Content (object)
amphitheatre
Dimensions
height (actual size): 169mm
width (actual size): 384mm
width (actual size): 384mm
Inscription
See Description:
Inscribed above the amphitheatre: LAMPHITHEATRE DIT LE PALAIS DE GAILLIAN PRES LA VILLE DE BORDEAUX.
Inscribed lower right: Par C. Chastillion. Written in ink beneath, on backing sheet PPPP.
Inscribed above the amphitheatre: LAMPHITHEATRE DIT LE PALAIS DE GAILLIAN PRES LA VILLE DE BORDEAUX.
Inscribed lower right: Par C. Chastillion. Written in ink beneath, on backing sheet PPPP.
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Chastillon, Claude, 1559-60 - 1616 (Engraver)
Date
c.1590
History and association
Object history note
Previous ownership
References
• Grenier (Manuel d'Archeologie III L'architecture Gallo-Romaine 1958 658)