Jean-Claude Golvin

Plate: monuments and objects from Syria and Lebanon

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Canson paper, Graphite, Watercolor

Dimensions

24.7 × 32.1 cm (overall)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Evocation

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Plate depicting five monuments and objects from Syria and Lebanon. The plate is in landscape format and has no frame. Inscriptions are visible around the drawings.
Line 1:
– The port and triumphal arch of Laodicea grouped together.
Line 2, from left to right:
– the murals of the Dura Europos synagogue
– the great colonnade of Apamea.
Line 3:
– a tower-shaped mausoleum in Palmyra.
Line 4:
– a gold-plated statuette representing Baal or Reshaf, god of thunder.

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