I - Diana Ephesia

I - Diana Ephesia

Catalogue ID2.34
Artist Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736)
Object type miniature · initial: Decorative initial - figure
PlaceLondon
Collection British Library (London)
Inv. no.GB-Lbl_ADD_MS_34057_12
Tech. / supportbrown ink, brush in gray, pen
Measures73 × 81 mm

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

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