ECL-Bn.14:50-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.14:50-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: circus race
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
See Bi 1. 4 Admiranda Rom. Antiqu. P.S. Bartoli, Bellori, Rubeis 1693 no. 33: in aedibus Barberinis
Description
Content (description)
On left a man wearing a toga raises his napkin to start the race. By him on right is a lictor (?) with a rod over his shoulder. In the centre a helmetted charioteer drives a quadriga to right as a youth in the background urges him on. There is a break at far right. On the edge remain the hindlegs of a team of horses and the feet of a man lying on the ground.
Above the relief is the inscription: ICONISMUS CIRCENSIUM ET MISSIONIS MAPPAE
Top right: Pag 33
Inscribed below, centre right : Corn. Gallae sculp.
Above the relief is the inscription: ICONISMUS CIRCENSIUM ET MISSIONIS MAPPAE
Top right: Pag 33
Inscribed below, centre right : Corn. Gallae sculp.
Content (object)
relief
Content (note)
See Bi 1. 4 Admiranda Rom. Antiqu. P.S. Bartoli, Bellori, Rubeis 1693 no. 33: in aedibus Barberinis
Dimensions
height (actual size): 209mm
width (actual size): 322mm
width (actual size): 322mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Gallae, Corn. (Engraver)
Date
c.1710-1730