ECL-Bm.6:33-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.6:33-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Reliefs: decoration of base (?): the twelve Olympian gods
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm 6 31,32,33,34 are catalogued together as thought to be the decoration of the same base.
Description
Content (description)
Each drawing shows three divinities, archaistic figures in procession.
31: Diana, draped, and holding out a bow in her left hand, Apollo with his lyre, nude but with a drape flying from his left shoulder, and Hercules, wearing his lionskin and carrying a bow and club, all move to right.
32: on left a goddess holding out a thyrsus (?) moves left. The other two figures, Venus holding a flower in the centre and on right Mars, armed and carrying a helmet and shield both move to right.
33: nude Vulcan carrying a double-headed axe, Neptune holding a dolphin in his left hand, his trident in his right and a drape over his right shoulder, and Mercury, nude, holding the caduceus and dragging a goat by the horns, all move to left.
34: all these figures move right, Jupiter leads the procession, draped and holding a thunderbolt and sceptre. Juno, draped and with her head covered, follows, and then Athena, wearing the aegis over her garments and carrying a helmet and spear.
31: Diana, draped, and holding out a bow in her left hand, Apollo with his lyre, nude but with a drape flying from his left shoulder, and Hercules, wearing his lionskin and carrying a bow and club, all move to right.
32: on left a goddess holding out a thyrsus (?) moves left. The other two figures, Venus holding a flower in the centre and on right Mars, armed and carrying a helmet and shield both move to right.
33: nude Vulcan carrying a double-headed axe, Neptune holding a dolphin in his left hand, his trident in his right and a drape over his right shoulder, and Mercury, nude, holding the caduceus and dragging a goat by the horns, all move to left.
34: all these figures move right, Jupiter leads the procession, draped and holding a thunderbolt and sceptre. Juno, draped and with her head covered, follows, and then Athena, wearing the aegis over her garments and carrying a helmet and spear.
Content (object)
relief
Content (note)
Reliefs forming the decoration of the base of a vase in the Palazzo Albani
Dimensions
height (actual size): 371mm
width (actual size): 482mm
width (actual size): 482mm
Inscription
Ciferri Basi tondi di detto vaso in Palazzo Albani no. 2 written in ink on the back
Inscription description
Palazzo Albani written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
II written in pencil below drawing
II written in pencil below drawing
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Fuhrer (no.1244)
