GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Bordeaux (Gironde, 33) |
| Subject(s) | Pillars of Tutela |
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| Author(s) | Hem, Herman van der |
| Dutch artist (1619-1649) | |
| Resource type | Drawing (pen, ink and wash), 320 x 200 mm. |
| Date | 1638-1649 |
| Inscription | « Dei tutelaris fanum, vulgo les piliers de tutelle » |
| References | Vienna, Österreische nationalbibliothek, Atlas Blaeu, V, pl. 4 |
| Bibliography | Reinach 1893, pp. 129-144 ; Goyau 1894, pp. 1-3 ; Bordeaux 1904, p. 21 ; Étienne 1962, pp. 187-191 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 38, 104 |
| Remarks | Van der Hem's drawing is reproduced in the 1904 edition of Bordeaux, pl. IX. Built in the 3rd century and originally comprising 84 Corinthian columns, the edifice was demolished in 1677. In 1617 one of the pillars was felled, leaving only seventeen |
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