GALLIA ROMANA

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Of Gallo-Roman antiquities (15th-17th centuries)

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Ville Bordeaux (Gironde, 33)
Subject(s) Pillars of Tutela
 
Author(s) Hem, Herman van der
  Dutch artist (1619-1649)
Resource type Drawing (pen and ink)
Date 1639-1649
Inscription « 29 » (on the top, on the left)
References Paris, BnF, Estampes, Collection Destailleur, 26n, [A32094]
Bibliography Étienne 1962, pp. 187-191 ; Lemerle 2005, pp. 38, 104
Remarks

The drawing shows the river banks near the Château-Trompette with the Pillars of Tutela: built in the 3rd century and originally comprising 84 Corinthian columns, the edifice was demolished in 1677

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