Jump to content

File:Hampton Court Palace (3037996528).jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (2,112 × 2,816 pixels, file size: 3.16 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description

Renaissance terracotta medallion portrait bust of "Nero Imp(erator)", sculpted by Giovanni da Majano circa 1510, Hampton Court Palace. Text per "The Hampton Court terracotta roundels project", Conservation Journal of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Spring 2009 Issue 57[1]:

"In the late 1510s Cardinal Thomas Wolsey commissioned the Italian sculptor Giovanni da Majano to create eight painted and gilded terracotta roundels (octo rotundas imagines, ex terra depictas et deauratas), each representing the bust of a Roman emperor. The roundels were destined to decorate Wolsey's newly-refurbished palace at Hampton Court in Surrey. Presently there are a total of 10 roundels mounted on the exterior of three gatehouses and in addition to these a single roundel of a Roman empress is kept in store within the palace. The addition of three roundels to the original Wolsey set of eight is accounted for by historic repair and restoration programmes".

Date
Source Hampton Court Palace
Author Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by bortescristian at https://www.flickr.com/photos/79653482@N00/3037996528. It was reviewed on 5 May 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

5 May 2014

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

12 September 2008

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current05:33, 5 May 2014Thumbnail for version as of 05:33, 5 May 20142,112 × 2,816 (3.16 MB)Matid AhmeqTransferred from Flickr via Flickr2commons

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata