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ECL-Bm.1:75-2012

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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

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)
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