ECL-Bm.12:137-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:137-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus lid
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no. 116 (?)
Bm 12 137 and 138 are catalogued together as drawings of the same sarcophagus lid
On the actual drawing this is numbered 137.1
Bm 12 137 and 138 are catalogued together as drawings of the same sarcophagus lid
On the actual drawing this is numbered 137.1
Other number
Fa 3 no. 116 (?)
Description
Content (description)
At each end of the lid is a mask facing outwards. In the centre is an inscription panel flanked by two reliefs, in which are busts of a man and his wife. The man on left and his wife on right both hold rolls and gesture towards the centre. Two nude putti as Seasons hold a drape behind each bust, balancing a basket on their free hand. On left of the inscription panel a putto, wearing a tunic, holds a sheep on his shoulders, while on right of the panel a putto, wearing a tunic and cloak, stands holding up both his hands as an orante. There is a basket on the ground by each of these figures. A separate sheet is included with this drawing with a version of the inscription rather better than that in the drawing, although it is not without errors. The better version reads:
UNICI EXEMPLI ADQUE/ EGREGIAE CASTITATIS/ FEMINAE AURELIUSTAE/ C M RAF CIL CANDIDIA/ NUS VP VIRGINIAE SUAE/ CUM QUA VIXIT ANN/ XXXI OR EIUS ERGA SE AD/ FEC TIB ET AURELISTALIA SYN/ RITIUS MARI PIISSIMAE ET/ C/////////AE SANCTISSIMAE IN PACE
UNICI EXEMPLI ADQUE/ EGREGIAE CASTITATIS/ FEMINAE AURELIUSTAE/ C M RAF CIL CANDIDIA/ NUS VP VIRGINIAE SUAE/ CUM QUA VIXIT ANN/ XXXI OR EIUS ERGA SE AD/ FEC TIB ET AURELISTALIA SYN/ RITIUS MARI PIISSIMAE ET/ C/////////AE SANCTISSIMAE IN PACE
Content (object)
drawing
lid
lid
Dimensions
height (actual size): 261mm
width (actual size): 424mm
width (actual size): 424mm
Inscription
Campiglia Villa Ludovisi no. 116 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B N 116 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730