Jean-Claude Golvin

Vertillum (Vertault), horse charnel house

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Blue ink, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

50.5 x 69.9 cm (Overall) 35 x 62 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Vertillum

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Aerial view of a horse charnel house at Vertillum (Vertault). The drawing is in landscape format. It is arranged within an untraced frame. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
Ten horses lie lifeless in a quadrangular mass grave, bounded by stones. Dogs and birds come to devour their entrails.

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