ECL-Bn.17:19-2014
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.17:19-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: Mars or Pyrrhus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The bearded warrior stands with his right arm raised, once resting on a spear. He wears elaborate cuirass, lionskin boots and an ornate plumed helmet. In his left hand he holds a shield, which rests on the ground. By his right leg is a rock covered with a lionskin. The statue stands in a niche.
Inscribed below the statue: Pyrrhi Molossorum regis Imperatorum sui temporis fortissimi, et rei miliataris peritissimi ducis Simulachrum,/quod Romae in porticu domus Maximi Archiepiscopi Amalphitanorum situm Ant. Salamanca aeneis typis/suis delineavit et publicae studiosorum utilitati Anno MDLXII inlucem misit.
Iacobus Bossius Belga incidit.
Inscribed below the statue: Pyrrhi Molossorum regis Imperatorum sui temporis fortissimi, et rei miliataris peritissimi ducis Simulachrum,/quod Romae in porticu domus Maximi Archiepiscopi Amalphitanorum situm Ant. Salamanca aeneis typis/suis delineavit et publicae studiosorum utilitati Anno MDLXII inlucem misit.
Iacobus Bossius Belga incidit.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 465mm
width (actual size): 304mm
width (actual size): 304mm
Inscription
Bn.17 no. 1--33
Inscription description
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Bossius, Jacobus, c.1520 - c.1577 (Engraver)
Date
1562
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• RS (I 349.6 In Naples)