ECL-Bm.7:23-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.7:23-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Base of honorary column
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bm 7. 22, 23, 24 are catalogued together as drawings of the same object.
Was Fa 2 no. 1
Was Fa 2 no. 1
Other number
Fa 3 no. 1 (Horti)
Description
Content (description)
22: front. Two victories hold up a shield on which is the inscription: CAESARUM/DECENNALIA/FELICITER. Two captives sit on a rock mound beneath the shield. Trophies in low relief stand at each side.
23: side. A procession of four men and a boy, all wearing late-style togas, stand facing the viewer. Men hold four standards in the background. On far left two men chatting move off to left.
24: side. A pig, a sheep and a bull stand to right, arrayed for sacrifice. In the background are two victimarii and a youth carrying a basket of fruit. On right stands a man in a late-style toga.
23: side. A procession of four men and a boy, all wearing late-style togas, stand facing the viewer. Men hold four standards in the background. On far left two men chatting move off to left.
24: side. A pig, a sheep and a bull stand to right, arrayed for sacrifice. In the background are two victimarii and a youth carrying a basket of fruit. On right stands a man in a late-style toga.
Content (object)
column
Dimensions
height (actual size): 371mm
width (actual size): 491mm
width (actual size): 491mm
Inscription
Ciferri Horti Farnesiana no.1 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Hor.ti Farn.ni N. 1 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
• RM (53 1938 1-34)
