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ECL-Bn.4:2-2013

Parts

Object number

ECL-Bn.4:2-2013

Object type

Identification

Title

Drawing of detail of side of tomb

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Comments

Bn 4 Nos. 2, 3,4, 5 are catalogued together as the details from the four sides of the same tomb. (Bn 4 no. 1?)

Other number

Ashby ETON I No. 2 (1)

Description

Content (description)

Drawing of detail from each of the four sides of the tomb, shown, probably wrongly, in circles. (Tomb Bn 4 no. 1?)
Satyr to left facing right playing with a goat to right, facing left, which rears up on its hind legs: tree in right background

Content (object)

mural/wall painting
tomb

Content (note)

The Vigna Moroni is situated on the right of the Via Appia, between the Church of S.Cesareo and the Porta S. Sebastiano, opposite the Tomb of the Scipiones. A very large number of tombs (mostly columbaria) have been found there:Ficoroni excavated no fewer than ninety-two and others were discovered in 1790.

Dimensions

height (actual size): 345mm
width (actual size): 235mm

Dimension note

In Ashby's catalogue the diameter is given as 158 (no measurement unit)
The roundel in the drawing measures 170mm

Inscription

Pitture delle quattro facciate della sopra detta stanza written in ink below the drawing
1 written in ink below the drawing lower right

Materials & techniques note

watercolour on paper

Production

Person

Unknown (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Ashby (p.7)
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