Album 1
arrow left swipe to the left Visible reflectance photograph Verso of the twenty-first sheet, Album 1 activate zoom zoom tool
Leaf 21 verso activate zoom zoom tool
Visible reflectance photograph Pteruge with elephant head decoration, Sarcophagus relief activate zoom zoom tool arrow right swipe to the right
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Works on this double page

  • Incident light image. Black chalk drawing of a cornice with acanthus, beaded and egg-and-dart friezes from the base of Trajan's Column
  • Incident light image. Chalk drawing of a pteruges with side view of two elephant heads placed forehead to forehead from the colossal statue of Mars Ultor in the Capitoline Museums
  • Incident light image. Drawing of a sarcophagus relief with central portal, right detailed relief filling with garland and bust, left empty field
  • Incident light image. Verso of sheet with fragmentary red chalk tracing of two garlands
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Album 1, Leaf 22

On this leaf, the drawing in the top right-hand corner displays great originality by featuring two confronted elephant heads. They are a sculptural motif found on the armour worn by the figure of Mars Ultor, the divine avenger of Julius Caesar’s murderers. Alternating with ram’s heads, they decorated the pteryges, narrow strips of leather beneath the figure’s breastplate.

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