Attila
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oolitic limestone
Measurements
780 x 760 mm
Order this imageCollection
Horton Court, Gloucestershire
NT 740374.4
Summary
One of four heads, in bas-relief, with the inscription (ACHTLLA FRAGELV DEI: Attila breaker/destroyer of God). Attila is in a very Greek style.
Full description
From Jeremy Warren, Sculpture Research Curator (2019). Suggests alternative transcription: ATILA FLAGELLUM DEI – Attila the Scourge of God The Attila, although it is pretty crude, might just also be copied from an Italian plaquette, a very poor example is no. 372 in Medieval And Renaissance Sculpture In The Ashmolean Museum, Plaquettes, Vol 3, 2017, Jeremy Warren
Provenance
Indigenous 16th century feature of Horton Court, bequeathed to the National Trust by Hilda Wills in 1947.
Marks and inscriptions
AEBRON GEAR