Triumph of Art - Jacquet

Triumph of Art - JacquetAntique intaglio illustration of Le Triomphe de l'Art, by Jules Jacquet after Lon Bonnat. The allegory depicts a youth riding Pegasus, torch raised, greeted with a laurel crown as serpents and death fall beneath him a celebration of art as humanitys path to glory and immortality. All engravings have been digitally restored and enhanced in house from original scans. Each one retains a high level of detail, making them particularly striking in large

before the fall

god of ecstasy and the formless

Whatever its date of casting

with the long straight nose of the official image — survives in dozens of museum collections across the former empire

Bernini freezes the moment of the abduction itself — the strain in Pluto's grip

the muted ochres

the golden apples of the Hesperides just visible in his hand behind his back

Antaeus was a son of Gaia (the earth) and Poseidon

Other Bellerophon plates: The Fountain and The Chimera

Greek vase painting and Roman sarcophagi returned to it over and over

very quickly

The original coffered dome still holds 43 metres of unreinforced Roman concrete aloft