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Nemausus |
Nemausus II |
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oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm |
oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm |
oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm |
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Nemausus VII |
Nemausus VIII |
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Nemausus V |
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oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm |
oil on canvas 70 x 50 cm |
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oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm |
oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm |
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Nemausus XI |
Nemausus XII |
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oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm |
oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm |
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Nemausus XIII |
Nemausus XIV |
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oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm |
oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm |
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Nīmes : Nemausus
One day in early summer, I had two hours to kill in Nīmes, On the spur of the moment I decided to take a walk in the Jardins de la Fontaine. This is where there is a spring which supplied the Roman city with fresh water They called it Nemausus after a nymph in Roman mythology, a name they also gave to the city.
In the 18th c. Jacques Philippe Mareschala created the gardens with a series of pools, a fountainand a canal to transport water from the spring. I looked over the balustrade into a pool and watched the movements of the carp and their shadows. A new idea for a series grabbed me...