Cast of column base and lowest part of column with scrolling decoration in low relief

From: Vatican Museums (Vatican City)

RA Collection: Art

The cast is of the lower portion of a column and its base which is now in the Vatican Museum. The complete column (H: 2.94 m) is recomposed of numerous fragments of which only a few are ancient. The base of the column, well-reproduced in the cast, is not ancient.

The Royal Academy has another cast of this same column, 12/2290; both casts were probably acquired from the collection of Thomas Lawrence. Interestingly, this cast was displayed for years upside down, with its base functioning as a capital.