ECL-Bm.1:51-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.1:51-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus fragment: Meleager
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
Meleager lies dead on a couch, his arms and hound on the floor in the foreground. Two women attend him, one at his head, the other at his feet. At the head of the couch on right Atalanta sits to right weeping, still wearing her quiver. In background is a row of arches.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 493mm
width (actual size): 769mm
width (actual size): 769mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Facciata a tramontana. Meleagro moribondo
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (160)
• Louvre (Ma 654)
• ASR (III ; 2 no. 279)
• Louvre (Ma 654)
• ASR (III ; 2 no. 279)
