Album 2
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the twenty-second sheet, Album 2 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 22 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Console cornice with rosette in lower view, patera, two rosettes activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
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Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Console cornice drawn with red chalk in lower view with rosette from the Temple of Vespasian
  • Visible reflectance photograph Red chalk drawing of a patera with a mask viewed from above
  • Visible reflectance photograph Red chalk and chalk drawing of a floral rosette, probably from the temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina on the Forum Romanum
  • Visible reflectance photograph Rosette from the Capitol with profile outline above, drawn in red chalk and chalk
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Album 2, Leaf 23

Identifying the sources for the rosettes shown here is difficult because there was such widespread use of this kind of ornamental motif in buildings from antiquity. Occasional inscriptions on the drawings provide clues to the sources.

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