ECL-Bn.10:64-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.10:64-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Bn 10. 64-67 are all related being the drawings, and correspondence (Bn 10. 65) concerning the Arch of Marcus Aurelius in Tripoli
Description
Content (description)
The Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli: One face of arch, which is elaborately decorated. Fluted pilasters flank the passage way and support a high entablature, which is decorated with large palmettes, which recur elsewhere. Sections of the entablature project - in the centre and at the sides; the gaps between the projecting parts have two tiny nude winged figures, standing. Beneath them are portrait busts in tondoes. In the spandrels are Victories, over a basket and a bird. Up the outer edges are pilasters decorated with floral scrolls, which rise out of a vase. In relief near the foot of each pier is a group of man, woman and child.
Content (object)
arch
Content (note)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 453mm
width (actual size): 322mm
width (actual size): 322mm
Materials & techniques note
pen and black ink on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Baumeister (p.1889 fig. 1991)
• EAA (sv. Tripoli fig. 1114)
• EAA (sv. Tripoli fig. 1114)
