ECL-Bn.2:18-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:18-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Funerary relief: perhaps altar: hero and horses, putto with garland
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes:' ara quadrata, baso di statua'
Sampson catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes:' ara quadrata, baso di statua'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 99
Description
Content (description)
The top three-quarters of the stone are divided into two registers. In the top register a child, wearing a tunic, leads a horse to right where a male, barefooted and wearing a tunic and cloak, stands holding a spear. In the lower register two nude putti fly holding a large wreath between them. Fillets fly along the bottom from it.
Content (object)
relief
altar
altar
Content (note)
Possibly a relief from an altar
Dimensions
height (actual size): 489mm
width (actual size): 378mm
width (actual size): 378mm
Inscription
Ciferri Palazzo Barberini No. 99 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
D. No. 99 written in red pencil on the front of the drawing lower right
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
