ECL-Bm.8:46-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.8:46-2013
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
lid
Content (note)
Sarcophagus lid Villa Pamfilia
Dimensions
height (actual size): 395mm
width (actual size): 560mm
width (actual size): 560mm
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 upper and lower left
A2 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated.
D written in pencil on the front of the drawing upper and lower left
A2 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left, truncated.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Rossi
