ECL-Bn.13:43-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.13:43-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: goddess
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The draped goddess wears a high mural crown and a wreath over a drape on her head. From her neck hangs a crescent moon, while on her shoulders are two roundels decorated with heads and two rings on her breasts. She wears a garment which fits closely round her body to below her knees. The skirt is divided into three zones; in the top zone are shown the three Graces, in the centre busts of the sun and moon (?), and in the bottom zone a female riding on a she-goat. The statue stands on a round base. On left is shown the front view, on right the back view.
Beneath the statue is the inscription: SIMULACRUM CYBELIS EX MARMORE/ PARMAE NUPERRIME INVENTUM/ATQUE IN MUSAEOLO P. ISIDORI GRASSI AUGUSTINIANI SERVATUM/ CUIUS SOLERTI PROVIDENTIA/ AD MENSURAM PROTOTYPI FIDELITER DELINEATAM/ STUDIOSORUM ANTIQUITATIS INDAGINI PROPONITUR/ UT SYMBOLA IN IMAGINIS CORPORE EXTANTIA/ PRO SUA QUISQUE MINERVA SUMAT DILUCIDANDA. 1716
Beneath the statue is the inscription: SIMULACRUM CYBELIS EX MARMORE/ PARMAE NUPERRIME INVENTUM/ATQUE IN MUSAEOLO P. ISIDORI GRASSI AUGUSTINIANI SERVATUM/ CUIUS SOLERTI PROVIDENTIA/ AD MENSURAM PROTOTYPI FIDELITER DELINEATAM/ STUDIOSORUM ANTIQUITATIS INDAGINI PROPONITUR/ UT SYMBOLA IN IMAGINIS CORPORE EXTANTIA/ PRO SUA QUISQUE MINERVA SUMAT DILUCIDANDA. 1716
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 575mm
width (actual size): 361mm
width (actual size): 361mm
Inscription
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
Date
1716