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ECL-Bm.1:9-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.1:9-2012

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Identification

Title

Sarcophagus: Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

Achilles, surrounded by the daughters of Lycomedes, throws off female clothes and holds weapons. On left and right stand soldiers with horses, while two half-draped males sit watching, Odysseus standing behind the one on the left.
Interpreted by Montelatici as representing peace between the two peoples after the rape of the Sabines, when Romulus and Titus Tatius were to rule together.

Content (object)

drawing

Dimensions

height (actual size): 384mm
width (actual size): 541mm

Inscription

Villa Borghese. La facciata principale. La pace di Romulo e Tatio

Materials & techniques note

red chalk on paper

Production

Person

Date

1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Montelatici (140)
• Louvre (Ma 2120)
• Charbonneaux (217)
• ASR (II; no.26)
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