Album 1
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the eleventh sheet, Album 1 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 11 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Three sections of friezes with bucrania and ship trophies activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
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  • Visible reflectance photograph Section of a frieze with bucrania, ritual implements and ship trophies from the Palazzo dei Conservatori, drawn with black chalck
  • Visible reflectance photograph Section of a frieze with bucrania, ritual implements and ship trophies from the Palazzo dei Conservatori, drawn with black chalk
  • Visible reflectance photograph Section of a frieze with bucrania, ritual implements and ship trophies from the Palazzo dei Conservatori, drawn in black chalk
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Album 1, Leaf 12

These drawings feature images of bucrania (bull skulls), various cultic implements, and naval trophies found on ancient reliefs dating from the Augustan period and arranged in bands. Of particular interest to artists were the images of antique ship’s rams, rudders, anchors, and stern ornaments – all rarely preserved in graphic form – which Piranesi repeatedly reused in his own decorative pictorial inventions.

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