ECL-Bm.11:36-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:36-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: man and priestess
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 3) describes: 'una lapide grande con due figure al naturale'
Other number
Fa 3 Villa no. 60
Description
Content (description)
The groundline of the relief projects in a deep curve. In the centre is a a low candelabrum with a fire burning on top. On right stands a man in a toga holding incense over the candelabrum from the bow in his left hand. On left stands a priestess, who carries a lidded pot. Over her garments she wears a stole diagonally across her chest with the ends hanging from her left shoulder; it is ornamented, perhaps embroidered, with stars and crescent moons. Her hair is arranged in a tier of plaits at the front, beneath a headdress, which also bears a crescent moon. On the top border is part of an inscription: ..F GALATEA T...
Content (object)
relief
statue
statue
statue
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 481mm
width (actual size): 366mm
width (actual size): 366mm
Inscription
Ciferri Villa Mattei No. 60
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
D No. 60 written in pencil on the front of the drawing, lower right
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Amelung (II ; 738 pl. 82)
• RR (III ; 378.3)
• RR (III ; 378.3)
