ECL-Bm.8:45-2013
Parts
ECL-Bm.8:45-2013
Identification
Sarcophagus lid with two portraits
assigned by cataloguer
Bm 8. 45 and 46 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus
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.
drawing
lid
lid
Sarcophagus lid Villa Pamfilia
height (actual size): 398mm
width (actual size): 558mm
width (actual size): 558mm
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.
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.
black lead pencil on paper
Production
c.1710-1730
History and association
• Rossi