Album 1

Works on this double page

  • Visible reflectance photograph Red chalk and chalk drawing of a relief with the figure of Victory, trophies and flanking candelabra from the Domus Flavia on the Palatine Hill
  • Visible reflectance photograph Soffitt from the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum Romanum, with a central flower motif, surrounded by leafy vines. Counterproof, partly worked out in pen and ink
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Album 1, Leaf 25

The faintness of the ornament drawing on the right is a clear sign that it is a counterproof, left in a relatively unembellished state. The central floral motif was, however, accentuated, by going over the faint lines in pen and black ink.

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