ECL-Bm.10:19-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.10:19-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Funerary altar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The altar has a pedimented top, in which is a laurel wreath with flying fillets. Up each side of the altar a nude putto stands on a tall vase with his arm on his head and his cloak falling down behind him. Between the putti, just below the centre, is a rectangular panel, beneath which two nude putti hold a laurel wreath with flying fillets. At the side of these putti, and partly hidden by the vases, are three objects piled one above the other, perhaps armour. Above the panel a winged charioteer drives a quadriga to right; in the chariot Pluto holds the fainting Proserpine. The inscription inside the panel is as follows:
D M M ULPIO AUGLIB FLORIDO PATRONO/OTTIMO ET BENEMERENTI/M ULP PHILEIUSA LUMNU/ M ULP TELES ///////ORUS/ULPIA PARAMONE/LIBERTI
D M M ULPIO AUGLIB FLORIDO PATRONO/OTTIMO ET BENEMERENTI/M ULP PHILEIUSA LUMNU/ M ULP TELES ///////ORUS/ULPIA PARAMONE/LIBERTI
Content (object)
altar
bust
bust
Content (note)
Casa dei Signori Gaddi, Florence
Dimensions
height (actual size): 745mm
width (actual size): 484mm
width (actual size): 484mm
Inscription
No 8 Casa Gaddi written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Altmann (No. 96)
