ECL-Bn.14:130-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:130-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: philosopher
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Description
Content (description)
The bearded philosopher stands with a roll chest behind his legs on right. He wears a himation draped round his body, but leaving his chest and shoulders bare.
Beneath the oval plinth is the inscription: ZENO Cittieus Stoicorum fecte auctor vixit Octuagenarius Olympiade CXXX ante AEram Christi an 260./ Statuam elegantissimae Scalpturae in agro Lanuvino repertam, olim villa Antoninorum cum eorundem/ simulachris ibidem effosis, Ill et Exc Dux Sfortia Caesarinus loci dominus in suum urbanum et/ ornatissimum Musaeum transtulit anno MDCCV.
Beneath the oval plinth is the inscription: ZENO Cittieus Stoicorum fecte auctor vixit Octuagenarius Olympiade CXXX ante AEram Christi an 260./ Statuam elegantissimae Scalpturae in agro Lanuvino repertam, olim villa Antoninorum cum eorundem/ simulachris ibidem effosis, Ill et Exc Dux Sfortia Caesarinus loci dominus in suum urbanum et/ ornatissimum Musaeum transtulit anno MDCCV.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 290mm
width (actual size): 214mm
width (actual size): 214mm
Inscription
See Description:
Beneath the oval plinth is the inscription: ZENO Cittieus Stoicorum fecte auctor vixit Octuagenarius Olympiade CXXX ante AEram Christi an 260./ Statuam elegantissimae Scalpturae in agro Lanuvino repertam, olim villa Antoninorum cum eorundem/ simulachris ibidem effosis, Ill et Exc Dux Sfortia Caesarinus loci dominus in suum urbanum et/ ornatissimum Musaeum transtulit anno MDCCV.
Beneath the oval plinth is the inscription: ZENO Cittieus Stoicorum fecte auctor vixit Octuagenarius Olympiade CXXX ante AEram Christi an 260./ Statuam elegantissimae Scalpturae in agro Lanuvino repertam, olim villa Antoninorum cum eorundem/ simulachris ibidem effosis, Ill et Exc Dux Sfortia Caesarinus loci dominus in suum urbanum et/ ornatissimum Musaeum transtulit anno MDCCV.
Inscription description
Added in ink beside the inscription: Decessit Zeno etatis anno XCVIII. Laert
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Engraver)
Date
1705