ECL-Bn.3:58-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:58-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: fasces and curule chair (?)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
The relief is worked on the upper part of a panel with projecting borders above and below. On left and right are six vertical fasces, with their animal-headed axes facing to centre. In the centre is a seat with animal legs topped by bulls' heads, against which lean two males with fishy tails. Over each bull's head rises a panel with a standing nude figure in relief, the figure on the left with wings; beyond these panels on the outside are two square panels with a head in relief facing the centre. In the central panels four tritons rise from the waves, the middle two holding a shell, in which is Venus. The seat is cushioned. In the space above the seat is a sceptre surmounted by an eagle with wings outspread.
Content (object)
relief
chair
chair
Dimensions
height (actual size): 401mm
width (actual size): 547mm
width (actual size): 547mm
Inscription
Fr. Vallanie Nel Monte d'Albano al Palazzo del Colonna, Pulvinar in honorem forte Julii Caesariis, ut indicat Venus orta mari written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
Pen, black ink on grey wash on paper
Production
Person
Vallance (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
