ECL-Bm.4:82/2-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.4:82/2-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Census relief from 'Altar of Domitius Ahenorbarbus'
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm 4. 81.1, 82.2 and 82 all catalogued as one, from one relief
Fa 3 no. 5 (formerly Fa 2 no.5)
Fa 3 no. 5 (formerly Fa 2 no.5)
Other number
Fa 3 no.5
Description
Content (description)
From left : By pillar sits man with open volume on knee, a pile of volumes on ground. A youth points to his volume. A woman (in fact man), seated, turns and rests hand on shoulder of youth, wearing toga. A soldier, partly hidden by his shield, raises his arm and looks to left. A second soldier turns to right. Then come two women (in fact boys) playing lyre and flute. Mars stands facing viewer, fully armed, by altar behind which stand two small figures. One of them pours contents of jug into patera held by man on right of altar, dressed in toga and wearing garland. A boy attends him on right. A victimarius leads a bull to the altar, followed by another carrying two palm branches. Two others lead up a ram and a pig while a woman (in fact man) carries a vexillum in background. Then two soldiers stand partly hidden by their shields, while a third, his back turned to the viewer, tends a horse. On far right is a pillar.
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 475mm
width (actual size): 657mm
width (actual size): 657mm
Inscription
Palazzo Santa Croce No. 5
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Charbonneaux (130 )
• Louvre (Ma 975)
• Louvre (Ma 975)
