ECL-Bm.1:65/2-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.1:65/2-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: contest between Apollo and Marsyas
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
In centre are Marsyas and Apollo, who sits with his foot on a griffin and rests his lyre on his tripod. Between them in the background stands a female (a muse?). To left of them are seven figures and three heads (one of a muse) in the background. These include Ahtena, Cybele with a lion, a nymph and a satyr holding a bunch of grapes. On right are eight figures and two heads of muses in the background. These figures include a female holding a torch by Apollo, Hermes, a river god and two Scythians, one of whom sharpens his knife, the other prepares to fasten Marsyas to a pine tree.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 393mm
width (actual size): 502mm
width (actual size): 502mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Facciata seconda. Apolline con muse, Pan, Pallade e Cibele &ct.
Materials & techniques note
Red pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710 - 1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (164)
• Louvre (Ma 972)
• ASR (III, 2; no. 203)
• Louvre (Ma 972)
• ASR (III, 2; no. 203)
