ECL-Bn.12:21-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:21-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: child fishing
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)
The child, wearing a tunic and cap, sits on a high rock mound with his fishing rod in his right hand, a basket over his left wrist. The statue is viewed obliquely from right.
Beneath the statue is the inscription: PUERI PISCANTIS E PARIO MARMORE ABSOLUTISSIMUM SIMULACHRUM/ ROMAE IN VALLE VATICANA INVENTUM ANT LAFRERI SEQUANI FORMIS/ Anno Salutis MDLXVII
Beneath the statue is the inscription: PUERI PISCANTIS E PARIO MARMORE ABSOLUTISSIMUM SIMULACHRUM/ ROMAE IN VALLE VATICANA INVENTUM ANT LAFRERI SEQUANI FORMIS/ Anno Salutis MDLXVII
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 449mm
width (actual size): 343mm
width (actual size): 343mm
Inscription
Written in ink on the back of the mount: 0.2.6
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
1567