ECL-Bm.11:129-2013
Parts
ECL-Bm.11:129-2013
Identification
Vase
assigned by cataloguer
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes: ' due vasi consimili sopra colonne dove si vede scolpita la lupa con li due fanciulli, con iscrizzione DM Sacrum Musis'
Fa 3 Palazzo no. 72
Description
A handle-less krater with knobbed lid and plain flaring foot. There is convex fluting on the belly and a band of fluting round the lip. Above the fluting of the belly stands the she-wolf suckling the twins, in relief. Over the group are the letters DM and flanking it .. RUM MUS... with the explanatory note SACRUM MUSIS flanking the foot of the vase.
vase with lid
height (actual size): 492mm
width (actual size): 381mm
width (actual size): 381mm
Ciferri Villa Mattei No. 72 written in ink on the back of the drawing
D No. 72 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
red chalk on paper
Production
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
c.1710-1730