ECL-Bm.1:44-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.1:44-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus fragment: Dionysus riding tiger
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Dionysus, nude and holding two bunches of grapes, half-reclines on the back of a springing tiger, which wears vine tendrils around its neck and belly. Behind and to right Pan accompanies him. A putto with a cloak falling from his left shoulder, stands in the foreground.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 372mm
width (actual size): 483mm
width (actual size): 483mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Facciata seconda. Bacco a sedere sopra un leoni, uno satiro, un puttino sotto a piedi
Materials & techniques note
red chalk on paper
Production
Person
Ciferri, Bernardino (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (157)
• Louvre (Ma 1588)
• RS (I ; 35.3)
• Matz (III ; no. 168)
• Louvre (Ma 1588)
• RS (I ; 35.3)
• Matz (III ; no. 168)
