Cast of a Leaf of the Symmachorum-Nicomachorum Diptych: M.2-1893

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cast of a Leaf of the Symmachorum-Nicomachorum Diptych

Maker(s)

Entities

Cast (sculpture)

Categories

Sculpture

Description

Plaster cast. 'A draped figure of a woman, turned in profile to the left, standing before an altar beneath an oak tree; in her left hand she sholds an incense box and with her right drops a grain of incense into the fire on the altar. Behind is a girl attendant holding a cantharus and a bowl of fruit. On a table at the top is incised in capital letters the name SYMMACHORVM; there is a border of delicately carved anthemion ornament.' [Description taken from Longhurst, Margaret H., Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, Part I, London, 1927, pp. 26-7]

Legal notes

Given by the Department of Science and Art

Measurements and weight

Height: 30 cm
Width: 12.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1893-09-12) by Department of Science and Art

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 - 1900

Note

Plaster cast from the original in the Victoria and Albert Museum (212-1865). Original possibly Roman.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Casting (process) : Plaster cast

Inscription or legends present

Text: SYMMACHORVM
Location: On a table at the top
Method of creation: Inscribed

References and bibliographic entries

Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Architecture and Sculpture, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Part I, Up to the Thirteenth Century page(s): pp. 26-7

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2-1893
Primary reference Number: 29589
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 January 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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