ECL-Bm.11:50-2013
Parts
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
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)
