ECL-Bn.12:9-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:9-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Pasquino (Menelaus)
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 statue Pasquino is shown in a setting of buildings with four figures chatting in two groups. On the groundin the foreground are the ears of an ass, the top part of a boukranion, a rope tied in a noose and a scourge. On the base, in which the statue stands, is a poem in Italian describing Pasquino. At bottom right by this poem is a steel-yard. Ten panels are set in the wall by the statue with inscriptions in Latin and Italian of varying length, some very scrappy.
Lower right in the foreground is engraved: ANT. LAFRERI. FORMIS. ROMAE. M D L
Lower right in the foreground is engraved: ANT. LAFRERI. FORMIS. ROMAE. M D L
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 454mm
width (actual size): 341mm
width (actual size): 341mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
1550