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Description: | Sepia photograph taken from Savile's original glass plate negatives of the excavations at The Temple of Diana, Nemi, Italy in 1885. This image depicts one side of the double headed 'Janus' or 'aquatic monster' featuring a young man. The marble sculpture is seated on a plinth with the inscription 'SACRDIAN.' This image features the original sculpture which is now in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. The plaster copy, taken from this specimen, in our collections NCM 1890-1355/611. The location of the original plinth is unknown. The reverse of the image is stamped with the 'Corporation of Nottingham Art Museum' crest in purple ink, above it in pencil '0 neg ?,' below it also in pencil '27,' and below that in blue biro 'BM. Copy no 42,' referring to copies at The British Museum. Wallis catalogue p81, bust found in the hemicycle room, marked MMg on Giammiti's plan.
Accession number: NCM 1890-1357/3 | Subjects: | religion sculpture Roman religious architecture (non-Christian) mythological figure antiquities mythical beasts | Temporal: | 1885 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | excavator/photographer Savile Lumley/Lord John | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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