Aspendus: exterior of the ancient theatre. Lithograph after A.C. Clément after Ch. Texier, 1865.

  • Texier, Charles, 1802-1871.
Date:
[1865?]
Reference:
2150199i
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Description

Aspendos (Aspendus) is the ancient city which is located on Turkey's southern Mediterranean coast 47 kilometres from the later city of Antalya.The site of the ancient Greek and Roman city was subsequently occupied by the Turkish city of Belkis. The print shows a frontal view of the entrance to the theatre with three local men in front of it. Many windows and doors are seen, both arched and rectangular. A Latin inscription is above the doors. The theatre was built in the period 161-169 A.D. on the south-east slope of the hill on which the ancient city was developed. According to the inscriptions the construction was financed by A. Curtius Crispinus Arruntiatus and A. Curtius Crispinus Auspicatus who executed the will of A. Curtius Crispinus. Another inscription mentions Zeno as the architect. It is one of the few Roman buildings of which the name of the architect is known

Publication/Creation

London : Day & Son lithographers to the Queen, [1865?]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 24.8 x 39.5 cm

Lettering

Aspendus. Exterior of theatre. Ch. Texier delt. Clara Lemaitre sculpt. Bears number: Pl. 34

Creator/production credits

By Anne Clara Clément, née Lemaître. According to E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des peintes, Paris 1999, s.v. Clément, she exhibited under her married name (Clément) from 1855. Her engraving for the present plate may have been made for Ch. Texier, Description de l'Asie mineure ... beaux-arts, monuments historiques, plans et topographie des cités antiques, par Charles Texier ... gravure de Lemaître..., Paris: Firmin-Didot frères, 1839-1849

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2150199i

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