Jean-Claude Golvin

Epomanduodurum (Mandeure), the smokehouse

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Blue ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

56.4 x 49.3 cm (Overall) 26.8 x 31.9 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Epomanduodurum (Mandeure)

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Front view of the smokehouse at Epomanduodurum (Mandeure). The drawing is in landscape format. It is framed in ink. Traces of watercolor are visible in the margins. A sketch and inscriptions appear on the reverse.
In a courtyard, a man rekindles the fire of an oven, feeding it with wood. Black smoke billows from the building. In the background, a cauldron hangs from a gallows. Meat, laid out on the table on the right or hanging in the background, indicates that the man is smoking food to preserve it.

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