ECL-Bn.12:4-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:4-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: Dioscuri and horses
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 back view of the group shown in Bn. 12 no. 2 is illustrated in its actual state, with two figures in the foreground and landscape with ruins in the background left.
Inscription along the bottom below the group: Equitum, in Quirinali, aversa parte, marmorei colossi, Romae; absolutissima, Praxitelis et Fidiae, monu./ Ant. Lafrerij Sequani formis R. M(?) D L
Inscription along the bottom below the group: Equitum, in Quirinali, aversa parte, marmorei colossi, Romae; absolutissima, Praxitelis et Fidiae, monu./ Ant. Lafrerij Sequani formis R. M(?) D L
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 344mm
width (actual size): 489mm
width (actual size): 489mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby, Top. Stud. (Top Stud. fig. 88)