The Background sketch for the second image is a sketch of a Roman "muscle cuirass" from a museum in Rome.
The Background sketch for the second image is a sketch of a Roman "muscle cuirass" from a museum in Rome. "statue of Germnanicus in the Lateranmuseum in Rome. (Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 17. Leipzig 1909, S. 334)"
Alas, the Lateran museum in which this statue of Germanicus was displayed is no more. Perhaps it is on display somewhere else now.
ReplyDelete"During the ancient days, the Lateran Palace also housed some of the collections and relics of the Lateran Museum, which were later distributed in different museums of Vatican."
ReplyDeletehttp://vatican.com/articles/info/the_lateran_palace-a4128
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%B6mischer_Brustpanzer_-_Statue_de_Germanicus_in_Rom.jpg
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanicus
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyers_Konversations-Lexikon
ReplyDeletePossibly simply taken from shutterstock with no significant meaning?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.shutterstock.com/pic-97038872/stock-photo-roman-breast-plate-armor-picture-from-meyers-lexicon-books-collection-written-in-german-language.html
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Germanicus.png
ReplyDeleteIf someone can check these portals. There is a hallway of sculptures and this one that shows up on a search for statue of Germanicus.
ReplyDeleteThe Vatican Museum (statues)
http://www.ingress.com/intel?ll=41.906002,12.45504&z=17&pll=41.906002,12.45504
Sculture at Vatican
http://www.ingress.com/intel?ll=41.906227,12.454896&z=17&pll=41.906227,12.454896