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ECL-Bm.11:90-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.11:90-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Funerary altar

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Was Fa 2 no.19
Bm 11 88,89,90 are catalogued together being different aspects of the same altar

Other number

Fa 3 Villa no.19

Description

Content (description)

88: front. A garland of fruit, flowers and leaves hangs from the horns of rams' heads at the top corner, fillets flying. An eagle perches with outspread wings on the garland. At the bottom corners on rock projections sit sphinxes and on a rock projection bottom centre the she-wolf suckles the twins. At top centre in a rectangular panel is the inscription L VOLUSIO/ URBANO/ NOMENCLATORI/CESORIO.
89: right side. A garland hangs from rams' heads as at the front, and sphinxes sit at the bottom corners. At bottom centre a bird stands to left. Over the garland is a patera.
90: left side. As the right side, but the bird bottom centre stands to right and there is a jug in place of the patera over the garland.

Content (object)

altar

Dimensions

height (actual size): 396mm
width (actual size): 261mm

Inscription

Campiglia Villa Mattei No.19
written in ink on the back of the drawing

Inscription description

N: 19 written in pencil on the front of the drawing, lower left
B written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower right

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Monumenta (TAV. LII 41 (?) added in ink in Sampson Catalogue, possibly the Monumenta paper?)
• Altmann (no.2 fig.40)
image 147494
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