I - Diana Ephesia
| Catalogue ID | GB-Lbl_add_ms_34057_12 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736) |
| Object type | miniature · initial: Decorative initial - figure |
| Date | 1710 |
| Place | Rome |
| Collection | British Library (London) |
| Inv. no. | GB-Lbl Add.MS34057 |
| Tech. / support | brown ink, brush in gray, pen |
| Measures | 73 × 81 mm |
| Subject | 11Q7141 — altar 92C3 — (story of) Diana (Artemis) 92C373 — Artemis 'potnia theroon', Lady of Wild Things 92C379 — specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Diana; Diana as patroness - veneration, honoured by |
The letter "I" is crafted as an allegory of the Ottoboni heraldic emblem. A female figure with a human bust rises from a banded globe encircled by a laurel wreath placed on the ground. Two smoking censers rest on small altars at her sides. She wears a crown with three towers and holds three statuettes in one hand while supporting the double-headed crowned eagle with the other. The lower part of her body flares upwards, adorned with protruding dog-like heads—perhaps a reference to Diana of Ephesus.
- Cantata
- Innocente desio
- Composer
- Francesco Magini (1668-1714)
- Manuscript
- GB-Lbl_ADD_MS_34057 — GB-Lbl_ADD_MS_34057
- CLORI
- https://cantataitaliana.it/scheda/2322
Bianco, Anna. Images for the Music: Drawings and secular cantatas. Ph.D. dissertation, Leiden University, 2025
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