ECL-Bm.1:53/1-2012
Parts
ECL-Bm.1:53/1-2012
Identification
Sarcophagus: lion hunt
assigned by cataloguer
Description
On left stand two huntsmen with a dog and a horse. In centre the hero spurs on his horse and aims his spear at a lion which leaps up from right. A draped and armed female, Virtus, follows the hero and gestures towards him. On right a hunter rides to right but looks back to hero. Beneath the hero's horse lies a wounded hunter holding a spear. Hounds rush in to attack the lion. A dead lion lies bottom right. Far right stand two more huntsmen.
drawing
height (actual size): 390mm
width (actual size): 470mm
width (actual size): 470mm
Villa Borghese. Seconda facciata. Un caccia di leoni
red pencil and black lead pencil on paper
Production
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
c.1710-1730
History and association
• Montelatici (161)
• Louvre (Ma 346)
• Charbonneaux (237)
• Louvre (Ma 346)
• Charbonneaux (237)