ECL-Bm.6:27-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.6:27-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Funerary Urn
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm 6. 27 and Bm 6. 28 are catalogued together as the two drawings of the same urn.
Description
Content (description)
Octagonal urn, shown in plan on far left, decorated in relief with a winged putto on seven faces beneath branches of laurel, ivy and vine, which are hung behind bearded and long-haired masks. From the left the putti are as follows: the first plays the double flute, the next wears a himation and floral garlands round his head and neck and carries a small casket; the third, who is nude, holds an enormous torch or thyrsus, while the next, also nude, dances with a drapery over his left arm, and holding a burning torch in his right hand; the fifth dances in a billowing cloak, the sixth plays a lyre and the last plays a flute as he leans against a pillar on the right. On the eighth face is the inscription: DIIS MANIB/ D. LUCILIO FELICI/ D. LUCILIUS SOTERI/ PATRONO B M/ F and beneath it a second inscription: CANULEIIE SATU/ RNINE T CANULIEUo/ ATIMETUS LIBERTE SUE/ ARAM POSUIT LIBES/ ANIMO SIBI ET SUIS
Content (object)
urn
Content (note)
Bm 6. 27 and Bm 6. 28 are catalogued together as the different parts of the same urn.
Dimensions
height (actual size): 485mm
width (actual size): 757mm
width (actual size): 757mm
Inscription
Ciferri Palazzo Albani Urna ottangolare written in ink on the back
Inscription description
Palazzo Albani written in pencil on the front lower left
Also there is a plan of the urn and a scale for the height and the different faces of the urn are numbered 1,2,3,4
Also there is a plan of the urn and a scale for the height and the different faces of the urn are numbered 1,2,3,4
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Fuhrer (no.1252)
• Altmann (110 fig. 90)
• Altmann (110 fig. 90)
