ECL-Bn.4:5-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.4:5-2013
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. 5 (4)
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?)
A boy on the right incites two cocks to fight in the centre: a tree on the left, hills in the distance.
A boy on the right incites two cocks to fight in the centre: a tree on the left, hills in the distance.
Content (object)
mural/wall painting
tomb
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
width (actual size): 235mm
Dimension note
In Ashby's catalogue the diameter is given as 169 (no measurement unit)
The roundel in the drawing measures 170mm
The roundel in the drawing measures 170mm
Inscription
4 written in ink on the front of 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)