File:Romulus pointing out the sport where Rome should be built (BM 1891,1116.176).jpg
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[edit]Romulus Pointing Out the Spot Where Rome Should Be Built ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Initial sketch by Filippo Pistrucci |
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Title |
Romulus Pointing Out the Spot Where Rome Should Be Built |
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Description |
English: A lithograph showing—with several errors—the sulcus primigenius ritual supposedly undertaken at the founding of the city of Rome, plowing the course of the city's initial walls around the Palatine Hill. Romulus stands right point with a sword, whereas he supposedly performed the ritual himself. (According to the British Museum. Roman sources mention Romulus's spear, which may account for the odd use of one by the plower, who invariably appears with a bullwhip in Roman coins showing the ritual.) The plower wears a tunic and shawl, rather than the Gabine-cinched toga used by the late Republic. The team consist of paired bulls or oxen, though the literary sources state a paired bull and cow should be used.
Latina: Urbe condita |
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Depicted people | Representation of: Romulus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1830 and 1835 date QS:P571,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1830-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1891,1116.176 |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1891-1116-176 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Annotations InfoField | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
F. Pistrucci del. [Filippo Pistrucci delineavit, Filippo Pistrucci drew me]
A. Ducotes Lithogry. 70, St. Martins Lane
ROMULUS POINTING OUT THE SPOT WHERE ROME SHOULD BE BUILT
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
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Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Image width | 3,659 px |
Image height | 2,553 px |
Color space | sRGB |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:40, 17 June 2008 |
File change date and time | 16:42, 17 June 2008 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:42, 17 June 2008 |