ECL-Bn.2:23/2-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.2:23/2-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Funerary altar
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo Barberini
Was Fa 2 no.144
Bn 22.1 and 23.2 are catalogued together being drawings of different views of the same altar.
Was Fa 2 no.144
Bn 22.1 and 23.2 are catalogued together being drawings of different views of the same altar.
Other number
Fa 3 no. 144
Description
Content (description)
22: front and back. A garland of oak leaves and acorns hangs from the horns of bearded satyr-heads at the top corners. At each bottom corner an eagle with outspread wings stands on a projecting rock. Between them a dolphin floats over waves to right. Over the garland on the front is a Medusa head with flowing hair and wide-spreading wings on the temples. Over the garland on the back a nude putto flies right with a billow of drapery over his head. At the top on the back is the inscription: DIS MANIBUS; at the front at the top between the satyr heads: ABASCANT[...]/QUI FUIT O [...]/AFRUMENT[....]/VIX ANN XX[...]/VOLUSIA O [...]/CONIUGI/BENEMERENTI ET SIB.
23: sides. The sides are very similar to the front and back, but the garlands are of leaves and the dolphins and waves are missing. Over the garland on one side a bird holds a butterfly in its beak beneath a jug, on the other side a bird pecks a leaf beneath a patera.
23: sides. The sides are very similar to the front and back, but the garlands are of leaves and the dolphins and waves are missing. Over the garland on one side a bird holds a butterfly in its beak beneath a jug, on the other side a bird pecks a leaf beneath a patera.
Content (object)
altar
altar
altar
Content (note)
Funerary altar
Dimensions
height (actual size): 378mm
width (actual size): 488mm
width (actual size): 488mm
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 (no. 70)
