Jean-Claude Golvin

Cypros, Herod’s fortress

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Arches watercolor paper, Black ink, Gouache, Graphite, Watercolor

Dimensions

56.8 × 76 cm (Overall)
40.2 × 34.3 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Location or theme

Cypros

Presentation :

Front view of Cypros, Herod’s fortress near Jericho. The drawing is in landscape format. It is framed in ink. Traces of watercolor and graphite are visible in the margins. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
Herod’s fortress is in the center of the drawing, at the top of the mountain. The road leading from Jericho to Jerusalem winds from the bottom of the drawing to the fortress. Several people are walking along it. The sky shows shades of yellow to red.

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