GALLIA ROMANA

Database of texts and images
Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15th-17th centuries)

Notice

Ville Bordeaux (Gironde, 33)
Subject(s) Pillars of Tutela
  Perspective elevation
Author(s) Anonymous Flesmish artist (15..?-15..?)
 
Resource type Drawing on paper (pen, ink and wash)
Date c. 1540-1550
Inscription « PALATIVM TVTELLE BVRDEGAL. »
References London, private collection, Kaufman-Sketchbook, 70
Bibliography

Geymuller 1887, pp. 111-114 ; Étienne 1962, pp. 187-191 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 74-76, 104

Remarks

Built in the 3rd century and originally comprising 84 Corinthian columns, the edifice was demolished in 1677. A smaller but otherwise identical drawing is contained in the volume G (unlocated private collection)

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