PLASTERWORK PANEL IN PORTICO
This is
a depiction of a ceremonial and celebratory procession. Not all the details are
accurate – for example, there appears to be some confusion about the central
image wearing a winged helmet – Hermes – but holding a wand with entwined
serpents – Asklepius.
In
the centre
·
Apollo holds a lyre and leans against a draped half column.
On
the left side of the panel
·
one man is holding a shepherd’s
crook, others are dancing, another plays panpipes, yet another shakes a
tambourine, and one more carries a sheep over one shoulder. On the face of the
tambourine are the date 1853 and a signature.
·
robed women in the company of a child
are carrying wreaths.
·
Hermes wearing a winged and horned helmet is carrying a wand
entwined by 2 snakes
On
the right side of the panel
·
Dionysus (also called Bacchus in Roman mythology) rides in a
carriage pulled by two lions.
·
women in the procession bear wreaths,
flowers and a cornucopia.
·
men follow with pipes and cymbals.
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