drawing;
album
- Museum number
- 2013,5015.2.82
- Description
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Study of the decoration on one side of a triangular altar showing an eagle perched on a wreath; formerly in the Villa Borghese, now in the Louvre (Inv. Ma 358). From a volume of 139 drawings illustrating Roman sculpture
Red chalk
- Production date
- 1710-1730 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 666 millimetres (of volume)
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Height: 381 millimetres
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Width: 559 millimetres (of volume)
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Width: 280 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For a description of the volume and bibliography, see 2013.5015.1.1
This is a preliminary drawing of ECL-Bm.2:83-2012
For drawings of the other sides of the altar see 2013,5015.2.81 and 83
See:
- Marie-Lou Fabréga-Dubert, 'La Collection Borghese au Musée Napoléon', (2009), p.199, no.390
- Anna Coliva et al., 'I Borghese e l'antico', (2011), p.158 and 270, cat. no.17
- Johann Joachim Winckelmann, 'Schriften und Nachlaß', Vol. 5,1, 'Ville e Palazzi di Roma: Antiken in den römischen Sammlungen', (2003) Sascha Kansteiner, Brigitte Kuhn-Forte und Max Kunze (eds.), p.398, no.155,2-7
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1814
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2013,5015.2.82
