ECL-Bn.4:27-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.4:27-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Painting of Entrance Wall of Tomb
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The tomb was probably situated at the south-western extremity of the property, close to the Via della Navicella, the modern representative of the ancient road which passed through the Porta Querquetulana(?) of the Servian Wall. This gate would naturally have been situated at the top of the descent, so that the tomb would have been on the slope.
Other number
Ashby ETON I No. 27
Description
Content (description)
The Elevation of the Entrance wall of the tomb in Bn 4. 24.
The door is to the left: by it is an arcosolium with a bird in the lunette and a stag over it: above are two rows of niches for urns and above them two busts with foliage.
The door is to the left: by it is an arcosolium with a bird in the lunette and a stag over it: above are two rows of niches for urns and above them two busts with foliage.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
tomb
tomb
Content (note)
This represents the interior of Bn 4. 24
Dimensions
height (actual size): 345mm
width (actual size): 234mm
width (actual size): 234mm
Dimension note
In Ashby's catalogue the dimension is given as 181 x 120
The drawing of the mosaic measures 182mm x 121mm
The drawing of the mosaic measures 182mm x 121mm
Inscription
Facciata del ingresso della sopra detta stanza
written in ink below the drawing
written in ink below the drawing
Materials & techniques note
watercolour on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Ashby (p.10)