ECL-Bm.12:94-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.12:94-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Altar to Lares
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
BM 12 nos.94,95,96 are catalogued together as drawings of the same altar
Other number
Fa 3 no. 108
Description
Content (description)
94: front. The rectangular altar has bands of moulding above and below. On a projecting line stand three figures, all draped and with their heads covered, the outer figures turning to the centre. The figure on left is male and holds a roll, in the centre is a male holding a staff with a bird by his feet, and on right a female holds out a patera and a bowl full of small granules. Across the top of the relief is the inscription AUGUSTO M PLAUTIO SILVAN COS. A second inscription is in a tabula ansata beneath the projecting line: VS OLIASO D LUCILIUS D L SALVIUS L BRINNIUS L PRINCEPS L FURIUS L SALVIUS/ MAG VICI SANDALIARI
95: side. Two Lares wearing tunics and laurel wreaths stand on a projecting line and turn to one another. The one on left holds up a wolf-headed rhyton and a patera, the other a ram-headed rhyton and carries a basket like vase. Across the top is the inscription LARIBUS AUGUSTIS
96: side. On a projecting line stands a trophy on left. A winged Victory alights on right, holding a large round shield.
95: side. Two Lares wearing tunics and laurel wreaths stand on a projecting line and turn to one another. The one on left holds up a wolf-headed rhyton and a patera, the other a ram-headed rhyton and carries a basket like vase. Across the top is the inscription LARIBUS AUGUSTIS
96: side. On a projecting line stands a trophy on left. A winged Victory alights on right, holding a large round shield.
Content (object)
altar
bust
bust
Dimensions
height (actual size): 492mm
width (actual size): 375mm
width (actual size): 375mm
Inscription
Ciferri Villa Medici No. 108 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Villa Medici N. 108 written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Mansuelli (I ; no. 205)
