Jean-Claude Golvin

Vasio (Vaison-la-Romaine), the Messii house, the furnaces

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Blue ink, Graphite (traces), Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

23.6 x 31.9 cm (Overall) 19.9 x 22 cm (Drawing) 50 x 39.9 cm (Overall, Framed)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Vasio (Vaison-la-Romaine)

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Front view of the kilns in the Messii de Vasio house (Vaison-la-Romaine). The drawing is in landscape format. It is framed in ink. A marie-louise is glued to the drawing. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
The scene depicts bread baking in two wood-fired ovens. A man places a ball of dough in the oven with a shovel. On the tables, various items of food await baking, such as meat and bread. The room is overflowing with crockery: bowls, vases, amphorae.

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