ECL-Bn.2:20/1-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:20/1-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Funerary altar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Was Fa 2 no.144
Bn 20.1 and 21.2 are catalogued together being drawings of different views of the same altar.
Was Fa 2 no.144
Bn 20.1 and 21.2 are catalogued together being drawings of different views of the same altar.
Other number
Fa 3 no. 144
Description
Content (description)
20: front. A garland of fruit, flowers and leaves hangs from the horns of bearded satyr-heads at the top corners. At the bottom corners, eagles with outspread wings stand on rocks looking up to the centre. Beneath the garland two cocks tug at a wreath between them. Over the garland two swans, with their necks contorted to look up, flank a Medusa head, which has wings on the forehead. At top centre is a square panel which has an inscription:
DIS/ MANIBUS/LICINIAE CRASSI/FRUGI PONTIFICIS F/MAGNAE/ L PISONIS PONTIFICIS UXOR.
21: sides. Leafy garlands hang from the horns of satyr-heads at the front, of rams' heads at the back. At the bottom corners swans contort their necks to look upwards. Over each garland are two birds, and above them, on left side, a jug, on right side a patera. Beneath the garland on left side is a tiny tree and a bird standing on right; on right side a bull prances to right beneath a falling tree.
DIS/ MANIBUS/LICINIAE CRASSI/FRUGI PONTIFICIS F/MAGNAE/ L PISONIS PONTIFICIS UXOR.
21: sides. Leafy garlands hang from the horns of satyr-heads at the front, of rams' heads at the back. At the bottom corners swans contort their necks to look upwards. Over each garland are two birds, and above them, on left side, a jug, on right side a patera. Beneath the garland on left side is a tiny tree and a bird standing on right; on right side a bull prances to right beneath a falling tree.
Content (object)
altar
altar
altar
Content (note)
Funerary altar
Dimensions
height (actual size): 385mm
width (actual size): 491mm
width (actual size): 491mm
Inscription
Ciferri Palazzo Barberini No. 144 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
D. No. 144* written in red pencil on the front of the drawing lower left
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Altmann (40 no. 5, in the Vatican)
