ECL-Bn.12:19-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:19-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Apollo Citharoed
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The volume Bn 12 is described in Fa 4 as : 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae in loose sheets being points of ye most famous remains of buildings, amphitheatres, temples, columns, triumphal arches, mausoleums and statues in Rome - engraved by Lafrerius, Barlachus, Aen. Vicus and others'
Description
Content (description)
In a niche stands the statue of Apollo Citharoed, who wears a loose drape across his legs. He holds a lyre (or a boxy substitute for a lyre) on a pillar on his left and rests his right arm on his head.
Beneath the niche is the inscription: HERMAPHRODITI STATUA EX BASALTE DURITATIS COLORISQ/ FERREI ROMAE IN PALLATIO FARNESIANO COLLOCATA
ANT. LAFRERII. FORMIS ROMAE MDLII
Beneath the niche is the inscription: HERMAPHRODITI STATUA EX BASALTE DURITATIS COLORISQ/ FERREI ROMAE IN PALLATIO FARNESIANO COLLOCATA
ANT. LAFRERII. FORMIS ROMAE MDLII
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 374mm
width (actual size): 263mm
width (actual size): 263mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
1552