ECL-Bn.3:60-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:60-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Arch: L'arco di Campano at Aix-les-Bains (Lanciani)
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Pilasters flank the single passage of the arch. Over the passage eight panels with inscriptions form a frieze, and above them are eight arched openings beneath the projecting cornice. The attic is incomplete at the top and only traces of the inscription survive at bottom left. Flanking the keystone is the unframed inscription: L. POMPEIUS CAMPANUS/VIVUS FECIT.
In the panels of the frieze, from left to right, the inscriptions are:
a. D VALERIO/GRATO
b. L CATIO/AGRICOLAE
c. P ATIAE/ L F SECUNDNI/AM M
d. C POMPEIO/ IULIO FRAT/ M PARENTIB
e. VOLUNTIL/CF CENSAE/AULAE AVITAE
f. C. SENTIO/IUSTO AUC/ AMAT
g. D CAN TIO/AFIA CO/PER ESSO
h. L.POMPEIO/CAMP CAMP (?)/ET SENT FIL
In the passage of the arch is written: ARCUS/MARMOREUS/ apud Castrum/ AQUAR SABAUD.
There is a very distinctive, strong use of shadow
In the panels of the frieze, from left to right, the inscriptions are:
a. D VALERIO/GRATO
b. L CATIO/AGRICOLAE
c. P ATIAE/ L F SECUNDNI/AM M
d. C POMPEIO/ IULIO FRAT/ M PARENTIB
e. VOLUNTIL/CF CENSAE/AULAE AVITAE
f. C. SENTIO/IUSTO AUC/ AMAT
g. D CAN TIO/AFIA CO/PER ESSO
h. L.POMPEIO/CAMP CAMP (?)/ET SENT FIL
In the passage of the arch is written: ARCUS/MARMOREUS/ apud Castrum/ AQUAR SABAUD.
There is a very distinctive, strong use of shadow
Content (object)
arch
Dimensions
height (actual size): 552mm
width (actual size): 405mm
width (actual size): 405mm
Materials & techniques note
Pen,black ink, grey wash and bistre on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Baumeister (1886 fig. 1990)
