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Marco Dente: The so-called Throne of Neptune, a Roman marble relief with three Cupids in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Marco Dente  (1493–1527)  wikidata:Q712750
 
Marco Dente
Alternative names
Marco Da Ravenna Dente; Marco da Ravenna; Marco Dente da Ravenna; Marcus Ravennas
Description Italian engraver and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 1493 Edit this at Wikidata 1527 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ravenna Rome
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Rome Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q712750
Title
The so-called Throne of Neptune, a Roman marble relief with three Cupids in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna.
label QS:Len,"The so-called Throne of Neptune, a Roman marble relief with three Cupids in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna."
label QS:Lpl,"Tron Neptuna (Płaskorzeźba z trzema puttami)."
label QS:Lfr,"Trône de Neptune (Bas-relief avec trois Cupidons)."
Date 1519
date QS:P571,+1519-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium copper engraving print on paper
Dimensions 17.3 × 25 cm (6.8 × 9.8 in)
institution QS:P195,Q153306
Current location
not on view
Accession number
Gr.Ob.W.175950
Object history purchased by National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)
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RS
Caption, location and date bottom:
OPVS HOC ANTIQVṼ SCVLP REPERITVR RAVEÑAE IN AED DIVI VITALIS MDXVIIII
[Opus hoc antiquum sculptum reperitur Ravennae in aede Divi Vitalis MDXVIIII] [This ancient sculptural work is found in Ravenna in the church of Saint Vitalis. – 1519.]
Notes The print reproduces a Roman marble relief, located today in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. Three cupids in an architectural frieze, carrying tridents and other symbols of Neptune (or the sea in general), such as dolphins, shells. Below the seat, there is a sea monster.
Source/Photographer cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl
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  • Roman relief
    Roman relief
  • Copper engraving, 1519
    Copper engraving, 1519
  • Steel(?) engraving, 1913
    Steel(?) engraving, 1913

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