ECL-Bm.12:81-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:81-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Funerary altar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 ( was Fa2) describes: 'Ara che serve di baso alla statua di bronzo di Sileno, copia di quella in Villa Pinciana, la quale benche al quanto diruta, e ben ornata con festoni e putti e varii animali, con iscrizzione.'
BM 12 nos. 79,80,81 are catalogued together as drawings of the same altar
BM 12 nos. 79,80,81 are catalogued together as drawings of the same altar
Other number
Fa 3 no. 5
Description
Content (description)
81: front. Two nude putti stand on the outspread wings of eagles, which are perching on rocks at the bottom corners, and hold a heavy garland of fruit, leaves and flowers. Beneath the garland a nymph with a billow of drapery rides on the tail of a bearded sea-man; on left a putto rides on a dolphin. Over the garland a nude man holding a staff leads a bull to right from behind a rock, on which stands a goat. At top centre is a square panel with the following inscription recorded very faintly: DIS MANIBUS/ HCAUDICYMF/ OVERIGEMINO/IULIA GEMFELLA/MATER FECIT. For another version of this inscription see no. 85.
79: left side. On right, the putto on the corner with the front holds one end of a garland, the other end hanging from the horn of a podgy head, perhaps that of a young satyr. Fillets flutter at the top. Over the garland two birds peck a cricket. Over them is an oenochoe. Beneath the garland a fox (?) rends a recumbent deer. Eagles stand at the bottom corners.
80: right side. As left side, but the garland hangs at the back on the horn of a bearded satyr head. Over the garland two birds move down as if pecking something, but there is nothing there. There is a patera above them. Below the garland a fox rends a springing deer. The illustrations of the sides show that the top of the altar slopes forward.
79: left side. On right, the putto on the corner with the front holds one end of a garland, the other end hanging from the horn of a podgy head, perhaps that of a young satyr. Fillets flutter at the top. Over the garland two birds peck a cricket. Over them is an oenochoe. Beneath the garland a fox (?) rends a recumbent deer. Eagles stand at the bottom corners.
80: right side. As left side, but the garland hangs at the back on the horn of a bearded satyr head. Over the garland two birds move down as if pecking something, but there is nothing there. There is a patera above them. Below the garland a fox rends a springing deer. The illustrations of the sides show that the top of the altar slopes forward.
Content (object)
altar
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 498mm
width (actual size): 388mm
width (actual size): 388mm
Inscription
Carlo Calderi Villa Medici No. 5 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
V. Medici N.5 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
