ECL-Bn.12:66-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:66-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief : Suovetaurilia
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'
See Bm 9. 19 and Bm 9. 29 for the same image and in reverse
See Bm 9. 19 and Bm 9. 29 for the same image and in reverse
Description
Content (description)
On far r. two altars with garlands hanging over them stand in front of two bare twiggy trees. A draped man with his head covered pours libation, while a man holds an open box in the background and a youth carries a jug behind him. Three draped men lead up a pig, a sheep and a bull from l. for sacrifice. In the background in the centre are the heads of four subsiduary figures, two of whom carry slender rods; on r. are three draped men, one carrying an axe over his shoulder.
Beneath the relief is the inscription: Solitauriliorum sacrificiorum, quae, lustro peracto, verris arietis ac Tauri (quod integri solidique corporis sint) immolatione, censores urbem lustrantes, omnibus Centuriis et Equitibus in campum Martium convocatis, solemni more/ faciebant; ex antiqua marmorea tabella, Romae, parieti cuidam, in Marci, fixa; lillustris effigies/ Antonii Lafrerii formis Romae 1553
Beneath the relief is the inscription: Solitauriliorum sacrificiorum, quae, lustro peracto, verris arietis ac Tauri (quod integri solidique corporis sint) immolatione, censores urbem lustrantes, omnibus Centuriis et Equitibus in campum Martium convocatis, solemni more/ faciebant; ex antiqua marmorea tabella, Romae, parieti cuidam, in Marci, fixa; lillustris effigies/ Antonii Lafrerii formis Romae 1553
Content (object)
relief
Content (note)
Now in the Louvre Ma 1096
Dimensions
height (actual size): 275mm
width (actual size): 497mm
width (actual size): 497mm
Inscription
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
1553
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Charbonneaux (p. 133 Now in the Louvre)