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Record drawing of either one quarter of a circular ceiling or part of a circular shield with a centre rosette. A female figure is shown standing on an ox skull, on each side of which is a mask above an urn over a panel inscribed 'SPQR'; the border is unfinished.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/72
Purpose
Record drawing of either one quarter of a circular ceiling or part of a circular shield with a centre rosette. A female figure is shown standing on an ox skull, on each side of which is a mask above an urn over a panel inscribed 'SPQR'; the border is unfinished.
Aspect
Ceiling plan or elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Capitol
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 63
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk282 x 355
Hand
Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)
Notes
The inscription would imply that the panel was in the Capitoline Museum, Rome (see Adam vol.26/62, which is similarly inscribed).
Level
Drawing
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