# The Ponte Lucano

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NEYTS, Gillis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neyts-gillis-rfd7be23cd5540c>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Pen and brown-grey ink on vellum, 71 x 103 mm

## Commentary

This drawing depicts figures on the road approaching the bridge with its square crenellated tower, with the round tomb of the Plautii at the further end, and a boat on the river. Stretching across the banks of the Anio River, the graceful seven-arched bridge of Ponte Lucano connects past and present within a storied landscape. Dating from the 1st century B.C. and extending the ancient consular road of Via Tiburtina, Ponte Lucano served the road from Tivoli to Rome until the mid-20th century. The bridge is part of an archaeological landscape that includes remains of the mausoleum of Plautii \(1st century B.C.\)

## Related artworks

- [Landscape with Horsemen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neyts-gillis-rfd7be23cd5540c/landscape-with-horsemen-r4744c3e879874f>)
- [Landscape with Ruins of a Castle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neyts-gillis-rfd7be23cd5540c/landscape-with-ruins-of-a-castle-rcd7c7984ef5e0b>)
- [Landscape with Six Windmills](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neyts-gillis-rfd7be23cd5540c/landscape-with-six-windmills-r4326d4fbbd168f>)
- [River Landscape with a Town in the Distance](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neyts-gillis-rfd7be23cd5540c/river-landscape-with-a-town-in-the-distance-r8bd673537652d7>)
- [The Little Bridge](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neyts-gillis-rfd7be23cd5540c/the-little-bridge-r188af6e9b77c60>)

## Attribution

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