ECL-Bm.1:75-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.1:75-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: boar hunt
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
In centre, a huntsman on rearing horse aims his spear at a boar which been trapped by a net on right, attached to a tree in background. Two sheep lie beneath the boar, and beneath the springing horse a hound leaps upon a recumbant stag. On left a youth kneels by a hound and a bearded man follows on foot behind the horse. Far left stands a man with a sheep on his shoulder. On right a youth brandishes a club to attack the boar over the net. Far right two men with shields thrust a blazing torch at a tiger, which rears on its hind legs.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 503mm
width (actual size): 788mm
width (actual size): 788mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Facciata a levante. Caccia d'un cinghiale
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (171)
