ECL-Bm.11:23-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:23-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: Dionysus on an ass
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Catalogue states that Fa 3 (was Fa 2) describes :' statua piccola di Bacco a sedere sopra un asinello'
Other number
Fa 3 Villa no. 25
Description
Content (description)
An ass plods to right with its head down, a bell hanging at its neck. Dionysus reclines on its back on a skin and a drape. He is nude, crowned with a vine wreath, and holds a wineskin in his left hand resting on the ass's neck. He holds a pedum in his right hand.
Content (object)
statue
statue
statue
statue
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 495mm
width (actual size): 772mm
width (actual size): 772mm
Inscription
Carlo Calderi Villa Mattei No. 25
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
V Mattei No.25 written in pencil on the front of the drawing, lower left.
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Calderi, Carlo (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• RS (I ; 391.5)
