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ECL-Bm.8:45-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.8:45-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Sarcophagus lid with two portraits

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Bm 8. 45 and 46 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus

Description

Content (description)

In the centre is a tabula ansata, at each side of which two youths, wearing cloaks, hold a curtain behind the draped bust of a man. Each bust looks to centre and holds a roll in left hand. At each corner a bearded mask faces outwards. In the tabula ansata is an inscription: M. AURELIO/SECUNCO/ FILIO DULCISSIMO/ QUI QUXIT ANNIS/ XXXV1111 DIEBUS 10/ LVLII REFRICERET/ IPSPIRITUSUS.

Content (object)

drawing
lid

Content (note)

Sarcophagus lid Villa Pamfilia

Dimensions

height (actual size): 398mm
width (actual size): 558mm

Inscription

Campiglia Villa Pamfilia nella facciata del Palazzo verso ponente written in ink on the back of the drawing
D written in pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
1A written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right, truncated.

Materials & techniques note

black lead pencil on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Rossi
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