Base
18th century (made)
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This base is made of lapis lazuli, porphyry, and Green Genoa marble, and is decorated with ormolu mounts. The sides are set with four small alabaster cameos framed with a narrow copper gilt moulding and bordered by bands of lapis lazuli. Above and below separated by a band of acanthus moulding in ormolu there are squares of porphyry while the whole rests upon a base of green Genoa marble. In the prophyry top is set a cylinder to hold a dowel. The four marble reliefs show The Triumphal entry of an Emperor; a sacrifice before the Capitoline Temple and the Emperor granting Pardon to Conquered Enemies. These three reliefs are taken from three panels now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. They represent the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and probably originally came from an arch or monument to the Emperor.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lapis lazuli, porphyry, green genoa marble |
| Brief description | Decorated stone and marble base, Italian or French, 18th century |
| Physical description | Decorative base, lapis lazuli, porphyry, and Green Genoa marble, with ormolu mounts. The sides are set with four small alabaster cameos framed with a narrow copper gilt moulding and bordered by bands of lapis lazuli. Above and below separated by a band of acanthus moulding in mormoul are squares of porphyry, the whole rests upon a base of green Genoa marble. In the prophyry top is set a cylinder to hold a dowel. The four marble reliefs show The Triumphal entry of an Emperor; a sacrifice before the Capitoline Temple and the Emperor granting Pardon to Conquered Enemies. These three reliefs are taken from three panels now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. They represent the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and probably originally came from an arch or monument to the Emperor. |
| Object history | Purchased for £30 from Messrs Black and Davidson under the terms of the Webb Bequest. The panels were taken into the Palazzo dei Conservatori in 1525, when they were removed from the Church of S.Martina. The original panel of the Fourth relief which shows the Emperor Hadrian being received by the Goddess Roma is also in the Palazzo dei Conservatori whence it came in 1594 from an excavation in the Piazza Schiarra. |
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| Summary | This base is made of lapis lazuli, porphyry, and Green Genoa marble, and is decorated with ormolu mounts. The sides are set with four small alabaster cameos framed with a narrow copper gilt moulding and bordered by bands of lapis lazuli. Above and below separated by a band of acanthus moulding in ormolu there are squares of porphyry while the whole rests upon a base of green Genoa marble. In the prophyry top is set a cylinder to hold a dowel. The four marble reliefs show The Triumphal entry of an Emperor; a sacrifice before the Capitoline Temple and the Emperor granting Pardon to Conquered Enemies. These three reliefs are taken from three panels now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome. They represent the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and probably originally came from an arch or monument to the Emperor. |
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| Accession number | A.31-1934 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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