ECL-Bn.3:26-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:26-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief panels: details of Bn 3 no. 23
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
In Sampson Catalogue Bn 3 23-30 are from Palazzo di Palestrina
Bn 3 25, 26, 27 are catalogued together being drawings of the different faces of the Candelabrum Bn 3 no. 23
Bn 3 25, 26, 27 are catalogued together being drawings of the different faces of the Candelabrum Bn 3 no. 23
Description
Content (description)
The letters A, B and C correspond to letters on no. 23, indicating the position of the reliefs.
25. A. Jupiter, bearded, stands to right. He wears sandals and a himation, which cascades from his left shoulder, and his long hair is bound by a fillet. He carries a thunderbolt in his right hand, while his left grasps a tall sceptre, which rests on the ground.
26. B. A draped female, wearing a diadem and with her hair in a snood, stands to left on a round base. She holds a tall sceptre with her right hand.
27. C. Hermes, wearing a petasos and a cloak round his shoulders, stands to right on a round base, turning his back to the viewer. He holds out a patera in his right hand and with his left holds the horn of a springing ram.
25. A. Jupiter, bearded, stands to right. He wears sandals and a himation, which cascades from his left shoulder, and his long hair is bound by a fillet. He carries a thunderbolt in his right hand, while his left grasps a tall sceptre, which rests on the ground.
26. B. A draped female, wearing a diadem and with her hair in a snood, stands to left on a round base. She holds a tall sceptre with her right hand.
27. C. Hermes, wearing a petasos and a cloak round his shoulders, stands to right on a round base, turning his back to the viewer. He holds out a patera in his right hand and with his left holds the horn of a springing ram.
Content (object)
candelabrum
relief
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 500mm
width (actual size): 390mm
width (actual size): 390mm
Inscription
Figura seconda di candelabro primo
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
red chalk and red pencil on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
