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Soldiers with Trophies from the Temple of Jerusalem (Copy from the Relief of the Triumphal Arch of Emperor Titus in Rome)

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Basic information

ID: С-II-621
Author: unknown
Name: Soldiers with Trophies from the Temple of Jerusalem (Copy from the Relief of the Triumphal Arch of Emperor Titus in Rome)
Date of creation: 16th c.
Country: Italy
Technique: moulding
Material: bronze
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 9.2 x 15.5

Additionally

Type: sculpture (low relief)
Genre: history painting
Plot: Triumphal Procession
Provenance: Collection of Wladyslaw Lozinski in Lviv Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: unknown
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Object description

A copy of one of the reliefs on the triumphal arch of Emperor Titus in Rome after his victory in the Jewish War and the plundering of the Temple in Jerusalem (70 AD). A horizontal composition depicting warriors in a triumphal procession, moving to the right and carrying trophies, including golden trumpets, pans for removing ashes from the altar, and a table of bread. In the centre is the main temple shrine, the golden Menorah, which one of the victors is holding upward.

Inscriptions

On the reverse side are inscriptions: "54. G.N.M.L."; "№ С-ІІ-621 Львів ОКГ"; "№ С-ІІ-621 / Львів ОКГ".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery