Roman Pillar at Igel, Trier, Germany
after Samuel Prout (Plymouth 1783 - Camberwell 1852)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1800 - 1852
Materials
Paper
Measurements
446 x 333 mm
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 802157.14
Summary
Print, Roman Pillar at Igel, Trier, Germany by Samuel Prout (Plymouth 1783 - Camberwell 1852). 'Roman Pillar at Igel.' Ornately carved stone pillar with wayside shrine in the foreground and a church in the distance. There is a copy of the lithograph in the Government Art Collection. The Igel Column is a multi-storeyed Roman sandstone column in the municipality of Igel, Trier, Germany, dated to c. 250 AD. The column represents a burial monument of the cloth merchant family of the Secundinii. Measuring 30 m in height, it is crowned by the sculptural group of Jupiter and Ganymede
Provenance
Part of the Upcher Collection (National Trust). Purchased in 1986 by the National Trust with the aid of bequests from E.L. Elliot, H. Ridler, D.E. Swiffen and Alice M. Weeks, grant-aid from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Countryside Commission and the Nature Conservancy Council, and funds raised by the East Anglia Coast & Countryside Appeal.
Makers and roles
after Samuel Prout (Plymouth 1783 - Camberwell 1852), engraver (printmaker)