ECL-Bm.1:13-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.1:13-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: marine thiasos
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
In centre portrait of dead man in shell held below by small figures rising from waves between a sea-ram and a sea-boar and at each side by sea-centaurs, on whose backs ride nymphs with billowing drapery. On left and right a nymph with drapery arching over her back, attended by a putto, floats with her arm across the neck of the sea-bull. From the waves beneath each rises a sea-monster.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 495mm
width (actual size): 767mm
width (actual size): 767mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Facciata a ponente. Quattro nereidi a sedere, con il ritratto del defonto
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (141)
• Louvre (Ma 396)
• Charbonneaux (242)
• ASR (V no. 72)
• Louvre (Ma 396)
• Charbonneaux (242)
• ASR (V no. 72)