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Fragment of an enriched, moulded base
Probably 15th century
Italian marble
Height: 14cm
Width: 25cm
Thickness: 16cm
Width: 25cm
Thickness: 16cm
Museum number: M649
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 80
Not on display
Curatorial note
A beautifully carved fragment consisting of torus moulding with guilloche enrichment and below, a reversed ovolo with a grooved throating on the soffit.
If not architectural moulding from the base of a wall, perhaps from an altar or statue base. This fragment presents a very curious arrangement of moulding and grooved carving - not impossible, however, if we view it as a section piece of a series of base mouldings. The guilloche is of a vaguely classical, or more specifically Augustan type, but the appearance produced by the details in the edging is of later Renaissance work.
If not architectural moulding from the base of a wall, perhaps from an altar or statue base. This fragment presents a very curious arrangement of moulding and grooved carving - not impossible, however, if we view it as a section piece of a series of base mouldings. The guilloche is of a vaguely classical, or more specifically Augustan type, but the appearance produced by the details in the edging is of later Renaissance work.
Provenance
Unrecorded.
Exhibition history
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
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