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Church of S. Sebastiano on the Via Appia. This building, which had
been destroyed in Ligorio's time, was made of white marble and
and decorated with statues, including a draped male and draped female
statue (both described as aZAz zwzyoAz;!? or AzgzzAz) and a seated statue of
Pallas, which was removed to Cardinal Federico Cesi's collection, where
the head and arms were added and the statue restored as Roma.
In any case, the statue must have been found between the date of
Heemskerck's visit to the Giardino Cesi (cf. on no. 3) and 1349, the date
of FafiAry's engraving. Acquired by Cardinal Federico Cesi (d. ig6g)
and placed in a portico of the garden belonging to his palace in the
Borgo* on the same base as at present with nos. 3 and 7 on either hand
(Aldrovandi, p. 126). The statues are said to have been transferred later
to the Villa Cesi on the Via Flaminia (Deseine, ZVycyv/AuTz &
(1690), ii, p. 7, cf. ZVnr7C3Aw^ zA'ADtAvvza (1697), p. 474). They
were bought in 1719 (Abb?*?!? <AZ CA'azw, May 13) by Clement XI, who
built the existing portico in order that the old disposition of the statues
might not be disturbed (Forcella, i. 220; cf. Braschi, ZV VazAzk 2*7;
C<7/VAAb zvvrA'y 22. AAACCW. Rome 1724. See Addenda).
Drawn in the Basel Sketch-book, f. 7 (' antick novamente trovate in casa de Seze
bi dat Fonteynken').
Lafrery, ^^22/22222, 72, Htilsen (dated 1549, cf. Ehrle, Zzz /Yazzz'a Z22 ZA'%2*-
Z22/2A9', P- 56, no. 231); CWA2Z772M Z. OArMf 27AA2A3, p. 121, no. 72; Htilsen,
Zo'2722'jr^^ p. 23, no. 84; De Cavalleriis, i, ii. 19; Vaccaria, 36 S. ;
Franzini, B 1 (reversed); Lauro, ^22/2^2222^ 727ZA VA72A2* (1613), title-page to book ii;
Montagnani-Mirabili, ii. 119; Righetti, i. 134; Armellini, ii. 148; Clarac, 770 E,
!903 A (p. 433 R); Arndt-Amelung, 472. A view of the portico is given in Montfaucon,
Z'A72Ay222?4MZ/2'<?22A, Suppl. i, p. 72.
6. KEYSTONE OF AN ARCH WITH RELIEF OF A ' PRO-
VINCE' (pi. 8).
H. (of panel) .73 m., (total) 1-20 m. ; Br. (clear) -68 m., (total) -91 m. Luna
marble. Restored : head, 1. arm from elbow, r. elbow, both volutes except the ends
of the palmette and part of the rosette on each side; the upper mouldings are restored
at each end, and patched in places.
Two volutes, largely restored, which are decorated on the outer
surface with a palmette and a rosette, form a panel. Within this is the
relief of a woman seated to r. in an attitude of mourning and resting her
head on her 1. hand, both restored. Her r. arm rests on her knee. She
wears shoes, a tunic with zA^Arz'y, a bracelet on each arm below the
shoulder, and a mantle which covers the lower limbs and crosses the
back to the 1. shoulder. On her arms are sleeves which do not form part
of the tunic and are hemmed on the upper arm. In the background
are arms and armour, including two oval shields decorated with double
spiral tendrils on a stem, an axe, two spears, and a trumpet formed by
the head of a dragon (?) with open mouth and long crest on a serpent-like
body. Below is a much injured ornament of acanthus in high relief.
Above is a plinth with two mouldings under it, an egg-and-tongue
pattern above and a bead pattern below.
This figure was rightly called Dacia as early as the time of Aldrovandi
* On the Cesi collection, described by Aldrovandi, pp. 122 ff., cf. Schreiber, PWAz
Z?/2Zz22J2, pp. 6ff.; Gnoli, ZV722. dZ'A. xx (1903), pp. 267 ft.; Lanciani, .%77Z%, iv,
p. ioy.
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Church of S. Sebastiano on the Via Appia. This building, which had
been destroyed in Ligorio's time, was made of white marble and
and decorated with statues, including a draped male and draped female
statue (both described as aZAz zwzyoAz;!? or AzgzzAz) and a seated statue of
Pallas, which was removed to Cardinal Federico Cesi's collection, where
the head and arms were added and the statue restored as Roma.
In any case, the statue must have been found between the date of
Heemskerck's visit to the Giardino Cesi (cf. on no. 3) and 1349, the date
of FafiAry's engraving. Acquired by Cardinal Federico Cesi (d. ig6g)
and placed in a portico of the garden belonging to his palace in the
Borgo* on the same base as at present with nos. 3 and 7 on either hand
(Aldrovandi, p. 126). The statues are said to have been transferred later
to the Villa Cesi on the Via Flaminia (Deseine, ZVycyv/AuTz &
(1690), ii, p. 7, cf. ZVnr7C3Aw^ zA'ADtAvvza (1697), p. 474). They
were bought in 1719 (Abb?*?!? <AZ CA'azw, May 13) by Clement XI, who
built the existing portico in order that the old disposition of the statues
might not be disturbed (Forcella, i. 220; cf. Braschi, ZV VazAzk 2*7;
C<7/VAAb zvvrA'y 22. AAACCW. Rome 1724. See Addenda).
Drawn in the Basel Sketch-book, f. 7 (' antick novamente trovate in casa de Seze
bi dat Fonteynken').
Lafrery, ^^22/22222, 72, Htilsen (dated 1549, cf. Ehrle, Zzz /Yazzz'a Z22 ZA'%2*-
Z22/2A9', P- 56, no. 231); CWA2Z772M Z. OArMf 27AA2A3, p. 121, no. 72; Htilsen,
Zo'2722'jr^^ p. 23, no. 84; De Cavalleriis, i, ii. 19; Vaccaria, 36 S. ;
Franzini, B 1 (reversed); Lauro, ^22/2^2222^ 727ZA VA72A2* (1613), title-page to book ii;
Montagnani-Mirabili, ii. 119; Righetti, i. 134; Armellini, ii. 148; Clarac, 770 E,
!903 A (p. 433 R); Arndt-Amelung, 472. A view of the portico is given in Montfaucon,
Z'A72Ay222?4MZ/2'<?22A, Suppl. i, p. 72.
6. KEYSTONE OF AN ARCH WITH RELIEF OF A ' PRO-
VINCE' (pi. 8).
H. (of panel) .73 m., (total) 1-20 m. ; Br. (clear) -68 m., (total) -91 m. Luna
marble. Restored : head, 1. arm from elbow, r. elbow, both volutes except the ends
of the palmette and part of the rosette on each side; the upper mouldings are restored
at each end, and patched in places.
Two volutes, largely restored, which are decorated on the outer
surface with a palmette and a rosette, form a panel. Within this is the
relief of a woman seated to r. in an attitude of mourning and resting her
head on her 1. hand, both restored. Her r. arm rests on her knee. She
wears shoes, a tunic with zA^Arz'y, a bracelet on each arm below the
shoulder, and a mantle which covers the lower limbs and crosses the
back to the 1. shoulder. On her arms are sleeves which do not form part
of the tunic and are hemmed on the upper arm. In the background
are arms and armour, including two oval shields decorated with double
spiral tendrils on a stem, an axe, two spears, and a trumpet formed by
the head of a dragon (?) with open mouth and long crest on a serpent-like
body. Below is a much injured ornament of acanthus in high relief.
Above is a plinth with two mouldings under it, an egg-and-tongue
pattern above and a bead pattern below.
This figure was rightly called Dacia as early as the time of Aldrovandi
* On the Cesi collection, described by Aldrovandi, pp. 122 ff., cf. Schreiber, PWAz
Z?/2Zz22J2, pp. 6ff.; Gnoli, ZV722. dZ'A. xx (1903), pp. 267 ft.; Lanciani, .%77Z%, iv,
p. ioy.
HI!
C