Bas-relief depicting Bacchus and a Faun - 1810
A print dated 1810 of an ancient terracotta housed in the British Museum.
in 1761 a group of subterranean chambers were discovered in Sacrofano (16 miles North of Rome, and the previous site of the ancient Etruscan city of Veii), the dome of the largest of these chambers was enriched with paintings, in fresco, representing animals. The whole of the frieze below the dome was ornamented with bas-reliefs in Terracotta, which were fastened to the walls with leaden nails.
The Terracottas (created approx 50-100 BC) were acquired by the British Museum in 1805 from the estate of the late Charles Towneley Esq and are housed at the museum in London to this day.
Bacchus is shown holding a a thyrsus (a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers) his left hand, the Faun carries a torch and an amphora.
Dimensions (Frame): 215mm x 200mm
A print dated 1810 of an ancient terracotta housed in the British Museum.
in 1761 a group of subterranean chambers were discovered in Sacrofano (16 miles North of Rome, and the previous site of the ancient Etruscan city of Veii), the dome of the largest of these chambers was enriched with paintings, in fresco, representing animals. The whole of the frieze below the dome was ornamented with bas-reliefs in Terracotta, which were fastened to the walls with leaden nails.
The Terracottas (created approx 50-100 BC) were acquired by the British Museum in 1805 from the estate of the late Charles Towneley Esq and are housed at the museum in London to this day.
Bacchus is shown holding a a thyrsus (a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers) his left hand, the Faun carries a torch and an amphora.
Dimensions (Frame): 215mm x 200mm
A print dated 1810 of an ancient terracotta housed in the British Museum.
in 1761 a group of subterranean chambers were discovered in Sacrofano (16 miles North of Rome, and the previous site of the ancient Etruscan city of Veii), the dome of the largest of these chambers was enriched with paintings, in fresco, representing animals. The whole of the frieze below the dome was ornamented with bas-reliefs in Terracotta, which were fastened to the walls with leaden nails.
The Terracottas (created approx 50-100 BC) were acquired by the British Museum in 1805 from the estate of the late Charles Towneley Esq and are housed at the museum in London to this day.
Bacchus is shown holding a a thyrsus (a staff or spear tipped with an ornament like a pine cone, carried by Bacchus and his followers) his left hand, the Faun carries a torch and an amphora.
Dimensions (Frame): 215mm x 200mm