Two seated men, with a reclining woman between them: she holds a torch. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.

  • Roccheggiani, Lorenzo, active 1804-1817.
Date:
[1811?]
Reference:
2856124i
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Description

According to the lettering, the significance of the figures is "mysterious". The woman reclines in the manner of the Vatican Ariadne but holds a torch downwards. The composition is identified as derived from a relief on a funerary urn of the emperor Severus Alexander and his motherJulia Avita Mamaea, possibly in the Barberini library. Another part of the relief, showing Leda and the swan, is shown in Tav. XXII (Wellcome Library no. 2856125i)

Publication/Creation

[Milano] : [Presso li Fratt. Vallardi], [1811?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.5 x 29.5 cm

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Lettering

Dalla breve dichiarazione che si fa nella seguente tavola è facile il comprendere che il significato di queste figure è del tutto misterioso. Formano esse il bassorilievo d'un prezioso vaso che fu trovato pieno di ceneri nel sepolcro d'Alessandro Severo, e di Mammea di lui madre. Il lavoro è d'eccellente artefice, e un tal vaso fu trasportato nella biblioteca Barberini. Roccheggiani dis. e inc. Bears number: T. XXI

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2856124i

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)

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