Jean-Claude Golvin

Es Suweda, the mausoleum

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

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

Dimensions

24 x 31.9 cm (Overall) 20.7 x 17.1 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Es Suweda (as-Suweyda)

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Front view of the Es Suweda mausoleum. The drawing is in portrait format. It is arranged within a frame drawn in ink. Traces of watercolor and inscriptions are visible in the margins. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
The funerary monument stands in the middle of a verdant landscape. It is composed of a blind quadrangular floor in the Doric order, with engaged columns and medallions. A tier of steps surmounts it. The top is flat.

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