ECL-Bm.12:138-2013

Object number

ECL-Bm.12:138-2013

Object type

drawing

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 138.2
NB there is a separate sheet stuck in the album which has a version of the inscription

Other number

Fa 3 no. 116 (?)

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

Content (object)

drawing
lid

Dimensions

height (actual size): 262mm
width (actual size): 423mm

Inscription

Campiglia Villa Ludovisi no. 116 written in ink on the back of the drawing

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Person

Campiglia, Giovanni Domenico, 1692 - 1775 (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

Previous ownership

Topham, Richard, ? - 1731

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