File:BLW Two warriors shooting at the sun, V&A.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 1.86 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
Britain Loves Wikipedia at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Two warriors shooting at the sun, V&A
English: Two warriors shooting at the sun

About 1531-2
Benedetto Cervi, also called Pavese (active 1500-32)
Italy, Milan
Marble

This is one of three reliefs which might have formed part of a monument intended for King Francis I of France. The original commission went to Bambaia, who was an established master, but he sub-contracted the work to Benedetto Cervi, a former assistant. Cervi was known for his skill in carving reliefs in the classical manner, with some parts entirely in the round

Here a young and an older warrior are engaged in an archery contest, apparently shooting at the sun. The relief is inscribed in Latin, �Unharmed by sunlight. 1518� - sunlight refers to Apollo, the god of archery, the sun and sunlight the significance of the date has yet to be discovered.

The relief was brought to Paris from Milan together with the other two (7257-1860 and 7260-1860) in the 18th century, where it was kept in the Collection of Alexandre Lenoir, Founder of the Musee des Monuments Francais. A drawing of them was sent to Cicognara before 1816, who also reported that they had only recently been brought from Milan to Paris. They seem to have returned to Italy for a few years in the first half of the 19th century, when a dealer brings them from Italy to London. Robinson notes the following about the purchase of this relief: "The first piece (the relievo, No. 400) was purchased in 1854, [�], from a dealer who had brought it from Italy."

Collection ID: 400:&1-1854

This photo was taken as part of Britain Loves Wikipedia in February 2010 by art_traveller.

Date Photographed in February 2010
Source Originally uploaded at http://www.britainloveswikipedia.org/
Author art_traveller

Licensing:

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales license.
Attribution: art_traveller
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:06, 10 April 2010Thumbnail for version as of 21:06, 10 April 20103,264 × 2,448 (1.86 MB)File Upload Bot (Mike Peel) (talk | contribs){{BLW2010 | title=Two warriors shooting at the sun, V&A | description={{en|Two warriors shooting at the sun <br /> About 1531-2<br /> Benedetto Cervi, also called Pavese (active 1500-32)<br /> Italy, Milan <br /> Marble<br /> <br /> This is one of three r

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:BLW_Two_warriors_shooting_at_the_sun,_V%26A.jpg&oldid=851569186"