Lion with Jacovacci’s coat of arms
I-RVat Ott.lat.2548; 6r

Proportions

Lion with Jacovacci’s coat of arms, to scale
345 × 238 mm, beside a 1.8 m figure.
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Lion with Jacovacci’s coat of arms

REPERTORII DI FAMIGLIE DI DOMINICO IACOVACCI CAVALIERO DELL'ABBITO DI CALATRAVE TOMO I. LETTERE. A. B.

Catalogue ID1.40a
Artist Master of the Roman Songbook (1650-1660); Domenico Jacovacci (1604-1661); Gregorio Tomassini (17th century) (Formerly attributed to)
Object type drawing
Date[1621] 1655
PlaceRome
Collection Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Rome)
Inv. no.I-RVat Ott.lat.2548; 6r
Tech. / supportgraphite, ink, paper, pen
Measures345 × 238 mm
Subject25F23(LION) — beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion
25H1 — landscapes in the temperate zone
25I3 — farm or solitary house in landscape
46A122 — armorial bearing, heraldry

Landscape with a lion holding the coat of arms of the Jacovacci family. River or lake landscape with shallow mountains and hills, on the right a fortification. Foliage simpler.

Lion type b), with symmetrical paws.

No musical work linked.

Bianco, Anna. Images for the Music: Drawings and secular cantatas. Ph.D. dissertation, Leiden University, 2025

Guerrieri Borsoi, Maria Barbara. “La Decorazione Dei Manoscritti Di Domenico Jacovacci Nel Fondo Ottoboniano Latino Della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.” Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae, vol. XXII, 2015, pp. 373-431.

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