Studies of Sculptural Fragments from the Vatican Museums, Including Vases and Pillars from the Galleria dei Candelabri, and the Sarcophagus of the Rape of the Leucippides

a.
The sketch in the top left-hand corner is a vessel with ram’s head handles, found in the fourth bay of the Galleria dei Candelabri (Gallery of Candelabra, formerly the Galleria delle Miscellanee).1
b.
The central sketch at the top depicts a decorative pillar adorned with trailing vine shoots, which can be found in the first bay of the Galleria dei Candelabri.2
c.
The sketch in the top right-hand corner depicts another decorative pillar. This appears to be an object found in the second bay of the Galleria dei Candelabri adorned with trailing vine shoots, oak and olive branches.3
d.
The sketch on the left-hand side of the second row depicts an ornamental vase or urn, the source of which is currently unidentified.
e.
The sketch in the centre of the page depicts two figures mounted on sea creatures. The source is currently unidentified.
f.
The sketch on the right-hand side of the second row appears to depict part of a table leg.
g.
The subject of the sketch in the bottom left-hand corner is a marble brazier or tripod, with a black urn displayed on top. The object can be found at the top of the Scala Simonetti (Simonetti Staircase), at the entrance to the Galleria dei Candelabri.4
h.
Cecilia Powell has identified the subject of the sketch in the bottom right-hand corner as the decorative reliefs from the front the Sarcophagus of the Rape the Leucippides.5 Turner has drawn the scenes, which depict the rape of the daughters of the King of Sycion by Castor and Pollux, in two rows, so that the right-hand side of the first row relates to the left-hand side of the second. The sarcophagus is found in the sixth bay of the Galleria dei Candelabri.6 The drawing is annotated ‘172’ which presumably relates to an exhibit number displayed on the work. However, it does not appear to correspond to any known lists published within contemporary guide books or catalogues of the Vatican collections.