A curule chair, a Greek metal candelabra, a bowl supported by sphinxes, a Roman standard, a clay torch and a Roman dagger. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.
- Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.
- Date:
- [1811?]
- Reference:
- 2499261i
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Description
According to the lettering, the seat was used as a military camp stool; the candelabra was in the Portici gallery in Naples; the bowl was in Villa Albani in Rome, as was the dagger; the Roman standard was shown on (the base of?) the column of Antoninus Pius in Rome; the torch shown in a bas relief in the Capitol was used in nocturnal Dionysiac celebrations
Publication/Creation
[Milano] : [Presso li Fratt. Vallardi], [1811?]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 18.6 x 29.1 cm
Contributors
Lettering
1. Sedia qurule portatile ... .2. Candelabro greco ... 3. Labro romano ... 4. Insegna romana ... 5. Questa face ... si vede in un bassorilievo in Campidoglio. 6. Pugnale ... Roccheggiani fecit.
Bears number: T. XXXII
Creator/production credits
Roccheggiani designed and executed etchings in which lost antiquities shown in ancient bas-reliefs etc. were reconstructed as if they were the originals. They are shown together with other antiquities that had survived in museums or in private collections (often exported from Rome and thus no longer available there)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2499261i
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Location Status Access Closed stores