An Antique Sacrifice

1820s

Luigi Ademollo

Associated Names
Luigi Ademollo

Artist, Italian, 1764 - 1849

This is a drawing of two scenes depicting ancient architectural and ceremonial themes. The upper scene illustrates a group gathered inside a classical rotunda, intricately decorated with fluted columns, relief sculptures, and a prominent statue of a nude figure holding an object. The lower scene shows another dynamic assembly where figures are engaged in a vibrant procession or ritualistic dance, some carrying objects. The imagery invokes themes of classical antiquity, with figures draped in flowing garments and captured in active postures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.6 × 26.5 cm (15 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.2 × 28.7 cm (16 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.195.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meyer 1872 - 1885, no. 7?

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(La Portantina di Mattia Jona, Milan); purchased by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1872

  • Meyer, Julius et al. Allegmeines Kunstler-Lexikon, unter Mitwirkung der namhaftesten Fachgelehrten des In- und Auslandes. 3 vols. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1872-1885: no. 7?

Wikidata ID

Q77016009

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