GALLIA ROMANA
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| Ville | Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) |
| Subject(s) | Arch of the Rhône |
| Corinthian capital | |
| Author(s) | Gertoux, Jean |
| Lawyer and antiquarian from Arles (15..?-16..?) | |
| Resource type | Drawing (pen and ink) |
| Date | Late 16th century |
| Inscription | « representation du chapiteau cor[inthien] qui se voit sur les colonnes de larc triumpha[n]t qui est pres de la porte du port » |
| References | Aix-en-Provence, Bibliothèque Arbaud, ms. Q. 451, cahier II (=ii), n. f. |
| Bibliography | Constans 1921, XII, n. 1, pp. 237-248 ; Gladiss 1972, pp. 17-87 ; Fornassier 1994, pp. 26-27 ; Gros 1996, p. 266 ; Lemerle 1996, pp. 297-306 ; Lemerle 2005, p. 90 ; Rothé/Heijmans 2008, pp. 402-403 |
| Remarks | The arch was destroyed in February 1684. The drawing was copied by François de Rebatu in 1655 (Aix-en- Provence, Bibliothèque Méjanes, ms. 902, p. 320). The southern arcade of the Arles' theatre is represented on the same page |
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