Another Example:
Restoration of Caligula's
Barge - The Nemi Ship
The Nemi Ships were
huge and exceedingly luxurious ships built by the Roman
emperor Caligula in
the first century CE at Lake
Nemi a few kilometers south of Rome. One of the ships
was designed as a temple that was dedicated to Diana (the Roman
equivalent of Artemis).
However, the larger ship was essentially an elaborate
floating palace, which counted marble floors and plumbing among
its amenities, the sole role of which was to satisfy Caligula's
increasingly self-indulgent behavior. It has been stated
that the emperor was influenced by the lavish lifestyles
of the Hellenistic rulers of Syracuse and Ptolemaic Egypt. - source
Wikipedia.
Below is the original
Lake Nemi ship illustration of the "floating palace"
from the July 1906 issue of American Scientific Magazine:
Here is the full text from the Scientific
American, JULY 1906.
IMPERIAL ROMAN GALLEY-"Buried
under the waters of Lake Nemi lie two pleasure galleys,
which belonged to the Emperors Tiberius and Caligula,
and which contain art treasures that have been coveted
for five hundred years. It is because of their unusual
size (war galleys were much smaller) that the vessels,
it is inferred, must have been used as pleasure barges.
From the investigations of the divers we may glean much
of the construction of the vessels, even though we may
not be able to present an absolutely accurate restoration
[see illustration)."
The illustrator attribution
appears to be C.H.Knight-Smith, about whom we have no
information. We have confirmed that he is not the artist
Hugh Knight Smith, via his relatives.
The
Nemi ship picture below
is our restoration. We would charge $US 150 for a similar
restoration. Our range is from $US 100 to $US 250,
depending on the condition of the original photograph and
the complexities of colorization.
Caligula's
Barge (one of two Nemi ships) -
Color Version Copyright © 2006
Pixel Paradox. We license the use of this picture
under the Creative
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must leave the picture credit text, in place, on
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