ECL-Bm.6:34-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.6:34-2012
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): 380mm
width (actual size): 484mm
width (actual size): 484mm
Inscription
Ciferri Basi tondi di detto vaso in Palazzo Albani no. 1 written in ink on the back
Inscription description
Palazzo Albani written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left.
I written in pencil below drawing
I 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)
