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ECL-Bm.11:50-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.11:50-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Historical relief: praetorian guard

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Was Fa 2 no.13

Other number

Fa 3 Palazzo no. 13

Description

Content (description)

On right is a group of six soldiers, the three in the foreground wearing cuirasses and holding elaborately decorated oval shields. Of the three in the background only the heads are visible. Five of the six wear plumed helmets, the sixth, in the background on left is the standard-bearer and wears a lion-skin over his head. The standard he holds has an eagle perched on top of a thunderbolt. On left is part of a temple set obliquely. Three steps lead up to an ornate doorway, which is flanked by two columns standing on high pedestals. They support the entablature, on which is the inscription IOVI CAPITOLINO. In the pediment is an eagle with outspread wings.

Content (object)

relief

Dimensions

height (actual size): 376mm
width (actual size): 491mm

Inscription


Inscription description

Praetoriana cohors in aedibus Matteis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right. 13 written in pencil beside it.

Materials & techniques note

red chalk and red pencil on paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Charbonneaux (136, 138)
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