ECL-Bn.12:42-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:42-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Tomb of Cecilia Metella
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 tomb is shown in its actual state with a herdsman and bull in the foreground. Beneath the frieze of boukrania is a panel with the inscription: CAECILIAE/ Q CRETICI F/ METELLAE CRASSI
Along the lower edge of the engraving: Metellae Uxoris Crassi sepulchrum, editiore Appiae viae loco conspicuum. Est igitur opus ampliore ac rotunda mole, ex lapide quadrato/ Tiburtino; marmore Zophoro trophaeis et boum capitibus insigni, vulgo notum. Ut autem, antiquitate, hippodromo Caracallae,/ Tullique testimonio clarum est; ita, totidem verborum sententiam Echo quinques reddente, omnibus admirabile prope, videatur/ Antonii Lafrerii Romae 1549
Over tomb : AD METELLAE ECHO/ CRETICUS HIC NATAM CRASSUS HUMASSE IUGALEM/ FERTUR ET HINC QUESTUS CONGEMINARE LOCUM.
Along the lower edge of the engraving: Metellae Uxoris Crassi sepulchrum, editiore Appiae viae loco conspicuum. Est igitur opus ampliore ac rotunda mole, ex lapide quadrato/ Tiburtino; marmore Zophoro trophaeis et boum capitibus insigni, vulgo notum. Ut autem, antiquitate, hippodromo Caracallae,/ Tullique testimonio clarum est; ita, totidem verborum sententiam Echo quinques reddente, omnibus admirabile prope, videatur/ Antonii Lafrerii Romae 1549
Over tomb : AD METELLAE ECHO/ CRETICUS HIC NATAM CRASSUS HUMASSE IUGALEM/ FERTUR ET HINC QUESTUS CONGEMINARE LOCUM.
Content (object)
tomb
Dimensions
height (actual size): 418mm
width (actual size): 324mm
width (actual size): 324mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
1549
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• ILS (no. 881)
• CIL (VI 1274)
• CIL (VI 1274)