ECL-Bm.11:42-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:42-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Muse sarcophagus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.4
Other number
Fa 3 Palazzo no. 4
Description
Content (description)
In the centre sits a draped youth, facing the viewer, holding a book open on his knee and resting right hand on a bundle of rolls. Five draped females stand on each side of him, the ones far left and right smaller in scale than the others. The rest are Muses and have their various attributes.
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 490mm
width (actual size): 767mm
width (actual size): 767mm
Inscription
Calderi Palazzo di Mattei No. 4
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
C II written in red chalk 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
• RR (III ; 300.2)
