ECL-Bm.1:76-2012
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.1:76-2012
Object type
Identification
Title
Sarcophagus: lion hunt
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
A hunter on horseback in the centre, accompanied by Virtus on foot and carrying a horn, aims his spear at a lion which springs at him from bottom right. Hounds rush at the lion from left and right, and a hunter attacks on foot on right of hero. A wounded man lies beneath the horse. A boar lies dead beneath the lion. Above the lion rises a diagonal rock over which appear two figures, one of them Luna, and a tree trunk. A tall tree closes each end of the relief, that on the left hiding the forepart of a boar. A curtain hangs from its branches. A youth in the background behind the boar looks to left.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 505mm
width (actual size): 790mm
width (actual size): 790mm
Inscription
Villa Borghese. Facciata a levante. Caccia d'un leone &ct.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Montelatici (171)
