Vatican Museums (Vatican City), Cast of moulded profile with stylized variation of lotus-and-palmette motif.

Plaster cast, early 19th century. 235 mm x 332 mm x 113 mm, Weight: 4.35 kg. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.

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Cast of moulded profile with stylized variation of lotus-and-palmette motif

From: Vatican Museums (Vatican City)

RA Collection: Art

On free display in Green Room - South Dining Room

The cast is of a small, richly-decorated series of mouldings. The original object is in the Museo Chiaramonti of the Vatican Museums (no. 728, H: 22 cm); it entered that collection in 1803. It is dated to the Augustan period on account of the "classical" simplicity of the forms and composition.

The cast once belonged toThomas Lawrence. It was sold at auction on 10 May 1830 and acquired by the Royal Academy. Numerous entreis from the sales' catalogue read "Ornament from the Magazine of the Vatican."

Object details

Title

Cast of moulded profile with stylized variation of lotus-and-palmette motif

From

Vatican Museums (Vatican City)

Object type

Cast Sculpture

Medium

Plaster cast, early 19th century

Dimensions

235 mm x 332 mm x 113 mm, Weight: 4.35 kg

Collection

Royal Academy of Arts

Object number

03/1458

Acquisition

Purchased from Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA in 1830

Keywords

Lotus Palmette Building Feature

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