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ECL-Bm.1:46-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.1:46-2012

Object type

Identification

Title

Bacchic altar Front

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

Front. Dionysus, wearing cloak and boots, stands resting his thyrsos on a pillar left and holds out a krater in his left hand for a maenad, who stands on right with her back to the viewer, to fill from a horn. She is half-draped. A panther sits on ground between them, looking up at Dionysus. On right on pillar is a statue of seated Hermes, holding a bag and a caduceus. A vine grows behind it and spreads across the scene. On left, slightly to left of the pillar, is a statue of seated Hercules, holding his club and an apple (?)

Content (object)

altar

Dimensions

height (actual size): 50mm
width (actual size): 393mm

Inscription

Villa Borghese. Facciata a tramontana. Baso di statua di Marsia

Materials & techniques note

red pencil and black lead pencil on paper

Production

Person

Calderi, Carlo (Artist)

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Montelatici (158-9)
• Louvre (Ma 555)
• Charbonneaux (173)
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