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ECL-Bm.9:49-2013

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Object number

ECL-Bm.9:49-2013

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Identification

Title

Two reliefs: funerary relief; Apollo

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

In Museo Archaelogico, Venice, inv 126 and 23

Description

Content (description)

a) On right stands a soldier, wearing a cloak, tunic and helmet, and with a shield by his left leg. He holds out a patera to a woman on left; into it she pours the contents of a jug. She is draped and has her head covered. There is an altar on the ground between them. On far left a boy, draped, stands looking to right and gesturing.
b) On a rock on left sits Apollo, wearing a cloak and a cap. He holds out a dish to a snake, which is entwined round a tripod surmounted by a globe on right. In the background right of centre grows a tree, and on far left stands a vase surmounted by a pillar.

Content (object)

relief
plinth

Dimensions

height (actual size): 266mm
width (actual size): 389mm

Inscription

e Bibliotheca Sti Marci Venetiis written in ink on the back of the drawing
T written in ink on the back of the drawing

Materials & techniques note

pen and black ink on paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Anti (48 Sala V. 7 (drawing a) )
• Anti (152 Sala XI. 6 (drawing b))
image 147198
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