Fortunino Matania - A Naumachia Battle in the Colosseum
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DescriptionArtist: Fortunino Matania (1881-1963)Title: A Naumachia Battle in the Colosseum Possibly first published in 1920-30s Published in Look & Learn magazine #4, 10 Feb 1962 Published in Drawing from History book: The Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania, 2016 Medium: Watercolour and pencil Size: 210 x 295mm Signed: ‘F Matania’ at bottom Notes: On the back of the painting, the previous owner wrote about this painting, how he saw it as a child in 1962 and later purchased it in 2017. Social/Sharing |
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Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005
Posted on 9/29/2022
That's great creativity and imagination with how elaborate the ships are designed and placed somehow in the arena! Like a gladiator demolition derby. Fantastic painting that looks like it came from a history text.
Steel Shredder
Member Since 2022
1 - Posted on 9/29/2022
Marcus Wai wrote:
That's great creativity and imagination with how elaborate the ships are designed and placed somehow in the arena! Like a gladiator demolition derby. Fantastic painting that looks like it came from a history text.
These things happened in Rome, more and more elaborate and terrible. Life was cheap. Yes this was used in an historical article. My first encounter with the work of Matania was buying the book on the Roman games called "Those About to Die" by Daniel Mannix in the 1980s. The book featured an incredible wraparound cover by him.
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