ECL-Bm.11:49-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:49-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Historical relief fragment: upper part of sacrifice
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Sampson Catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes : ' quattro mezze figure di natural grandezza'
Other number
Fa 3 Palazzo no.12
Description
Content (description)
Four figures are shown from the waist up. Two victimarii wearing kilts, the one on right carrying an axe, the other with a knife at his waist, lead a bull to left. It is adorned ready for sacrifice with fillets and an elaborate headdress. On left a man plays a double flute to left and a bearded onlooker stands in profile to right. All wear wreaths. In the background on left is most of the facade of the tetrastyle temple, its pediment decorated with a shield in front of crossed spears and various ritual objects. On right in the background stands a great doorway flanked by two columns, between the capitals of which is draped a garland.
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 379mm
width (actual size): 492mm
width (actual size): 492mm
Inscription
In aedibus Mattei written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right
12 written in pencil beside inscription
12 written in pencil beside inscription
Inscription description
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Charbonneaux (136, now in Louvre Ma 992)
