Jean-Claude Golvin

Vesontio (Besançon), the monumental arch under construction

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Blue ink, Graphite, Heavyweight wove paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

45.4 x 55.2 cm (Overall) 43.3 x 46.5 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Vesontio

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Front view of the construction of an arch in Vesontio (Besançon). The drawing is in landscape format. It is organized within an untraced frame. Inscriptions appear on the reverse.
Workers are constructing a monumental arch over the theater. Scaffolding has been erected on the site. A wooden crane lifts the blocks one by one. On the ground, carvers are sculpting blocks of stone.

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