Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1815.19.2: Augury Instruments (The Roman Album) Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Augury Instruments (The Roman Album) (Jacques-Louis David) , 1943.1815.19.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/293051. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1815.19.2 People Jacques-Louis David, French (Paris 1748 - 1825 Brussels) Title Augury Instruments (The Roman Album) Classification Drawings Work Type album page, drawing Date 1775-1780 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/293051 Physical Descriptions Medium Red chalk counterproof on cream antique laid paper, mounted on a large sheet of cream antique laid paper Technique Counterproof Dimensions irregular: 18.9 x 44.7 cm (7 7/16 x 17 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Inscribed by David in brown ink, lower left: 1 Ligula, Instrument dont se Servoient / les augures lors quils éxaminoient les Entrailles / des Victimes / 2 Aquiminarium, Vase dor Sérvant à porter les Eaux Lustrale.- / 3 Olla; Port où les Prêtres faisoient Cuire la portion de Viande / quils avoient eüe de la Victime- / 4 autre Aquiminarium, ou Amula; Vaisseau remplie d'eau Lustrale ils etoient / à l'entrée des Temples, et le peuple S'arrosoit de Cette eau bénite; lower center (continuing the list): 5 Urnula[?] ou Fictiles petit Vase / qui Servoient à plusieurs Sortes de Choses- / 6 Petits Vaisseaux nomée Sympulum ou Sypuvium / ils étoients ordinairement de terre dans les queles / lon Versoit le Vin de Preféricule, pour faire les premieres / effusions; to the right of lower center: Albogalerus / Mitre des Sacrificateurs / qu'on appelloit /Flamines. The objects represented are numbered from 1 to 7. Inscribed in two shades of brown ink on mount: 212-dessin / contr'épreuve Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1815.19.2 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Related Works 1943.1815.19.1.A-15.B Jacques-Louis David The Roman Album Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
