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Pax Romana Art
Priscus and Verus
The Colosseum, Rome · c. AD 80
1.057 kr1.416 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
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Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 16x12″ · 24x18″ · 32x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Principate
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Priscus and VerusFramed canvas · Black · 24x18″
1.057 kr
1.416 krSave 359 kr
The Colosseum, Rome · c. AD 80
A Fight Both Men Won
The Flavian Amphitheater, the Colosseum, was dedicated with a hundred days of games in AD 80. The poet Martial wrote a short book of epigrams celebrating the spectacles of the new arena, and one of them describes a single bout between two gladiators, Priscus and Verus.
The fight, Martial says, went on for a long time with neither man gaining the advantage. The crowd shouted again and again for both to be released, but the emperor kept to the rule that a bout went on until one man raised his finger in surrender. He did what he could: he sent them dishes and gifts in the meantime. At last an end was found. The two had fought as equals and yielded as equals, and the emperor sent the wooden sword and the palm to each of them. The wooden sword, the rudis, was given to a gladiator when he was released from fighting; the palm was the prize of victory. 'This has happened under you alone, Caesar,' Martial writes: 'when two fought, both won.' He does not name the emperor. The poems are usually linked with the games of Titus in AD 80, though some scholars place them under his brother Domitian.
The piece
The painting shows the moment after the verdict. Priscus and Verus stand bare-chested on the sand, faces open, each holding up a wooden sword in one hand and a palm branch in the other. At their feet lie their helmets and shields, among them a helmet crested with a bronze griffin, the mark of the Thracian-style fighter. Behind them the stands are full beneath the great awnings, guards in red cloaks line the arena wall, and in the imperial box above, the emperor raises his hand.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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