ECL-Bm.1:55-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.1:55-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: Apollo and Marsyas
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
On left stands Apollo, nude and holding curved object (in fact lyre). A victory stretches out a garland to crown him. Between them on the ground reclines a river god(?) holding a pedum. On right is a scene called a crucifixion by Montelatici: a nude male is being set up on a cross by a nude youth far right, while a second youth kneels at the foot of the cross. This in fact represents Marsyas being strung upon the tree while the Scythian sharpens his knife.
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 394mm
width (actual size): 506mm
width (actual size): 506mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Facciata a tramontana. Un delinquente posto in croce &ct.
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 (161)
• Wind, Pagan Mysteries (fig 1 illustrates this drawing)
• Wind, Pagan Mysteries (fig 1 illustrates this drawing)
