'The Religion of a Dying Gentil taken from an ancient Bas-relief that is preserved at Paris.’ pp.312-22.
Reference code
SAL/10/10/058
Title
'The Religion of a Dying Gentil taken from an ancient Bas-relief that is preserved at Paris.’ pp.312-22.
Date
4 January 1738
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
11 pp
Scope and content
Read 4 January 1738: Minute Book III, pp.80-1 (SAL/02/002/040).
Account of a bas relief of a dying woman, in the Louvre. With a drawing copied by Ames from a drawing by Charles Natoire, and a translation by Samuel Gale of an Italian text by the Marchese Scipio Maffei, Hon. FSA 1736, addressed to Cardinal Polignac, on the religious practices of the pagans.
Account of a bas relief of a dying woman, in the Louvre. With a drawing copied by Ames from a drawing by Charles Natoire, and a translation by Samuel Gale of an Italian text by the Marchese Scipio Maffei, Hon. FSA 1736, addressed to Cardinal Polignac, on the religious practices of the pagans.
Creator
Ames, Joseph (1689-1759), bibliographer and antiquary
Gale, Samuel (1682-1754), antiquary
Natoire, Charles-Joseph (1700-1777), artist
Maffei, Francesco Scipione (1675-1755), writer, art critic and antiquary
Gale, Samuel (1682-1754), antiquary
Natoire, Charles-Joseph (1700-1777), artist
Maffei, Francesco Scipione (1675-1755), writer, art critic and antiquary