ECL-Bn.3:51-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:51-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: 'Tellus' panel from the Ara Pacis
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no. 12
Added in pencil in Sampson Catalogue: Mother Earth
'one of 4'
Added in pencil in Sampson Catalogue: Mother Earth
'one of 4'
Other number
Fa 3 no. 12
Description
Content (description)
The seated figure of Mother Earth facing right with a child on her left knee and another under her right arm. Two flanking figures with swathes of cloth over their heads and a headless bird on the left, a dragon on the right. Along the bottom is a seated cow, an upturned urn and water.
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 374mm
width (actual size): 478mm
width (actual size): 478mm
Inscription
Sigism. Betti written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
Florentiae in Pal. M. Etruriae Ducis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Betti, Sigismondo, 1699 - 1765 (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
