ECL-Bm.11:103-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:103-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Funerary altar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.63
Nos. Bm 11. 104-105 show the sides of this altar 103
Nos. Bm 11. 104-105 show the sides of this altar 103
Other number
Fa 3 Villa no.63
Description
Content (description)
The body is surmounted by a pediment in which is a wreath with fillets flying and the letters DM in the centre. It is flanked by acroteria of grotesque masks with gaping mouths. The body is divided into two. The top half is occupied by a panel with the inscription PUBLILIU SEVERIANU/ ET BLOLO FILIUS. Only half the inscription panel is filled. In the lower half stand three putti. The one on left who wears a tunic, drives a boar to right. The one in centre holds out a butterfly in his right hand, the other holds a cockerel by its wings and a bunch of grapes.
Content (object)
altar
Content (note)
Funerary Altar
Dimensions
height (actual size): 486mm
width (actual size): 378mm
width (actual size): 378mm
Inscription
Ciferri Villa Mattei No.63
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Villa Mattei N.63 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
A written in pencil just below the drawing lower left and B lower right.
A written in pencil just below the drawing lower left and B lower right.
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Altmann (no.258 figs. 201-201b: Vatican Galleria dei Candelabri, II no. 82)
