3-096-123 - "Royal Academy of Arts, London/Francis Ware"/Heritage Images

Cast of section of archivolt of central passageway of the Arch of Septimius Severus, late 18th century. The cast reproduces a small section of the Arch of Septimius Severus (203 AD/CE) in the Forum in Rome. An archivolt (or voussure) is an ornamental moulding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.