ECL-Bm.11:43/1-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:43/1-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Bacchic wine vat sarcophagus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.7
Bm 11 43.1 and 44.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus
Bm 11 43.1 and 44.2 are catalogued together being drawings of the same sarcophagus
Other number
Fa 3 Palazzo no. 7
Description
Content (description)
At the top at far left and right is a lion's head with a ring in its mouth. Beyond each head a slender vine with grapes grows up the field. Between the heads a bacchic procession moves right. A bearded Silenus on an ass with a bell round its neck leads the way, accompanied by a bearded male with a club in the background and a nude satyr with the remains of a staff and a cup in the foreground. A goat lies on the ground by the ass. After them comes Dionysus in a biga drawn by tigresses, accompanied by two draped maenads in the background. Beneath one of the tigresses is a bearded Silenus mask. On far right a satyr holds a great urn for a putto to drink from. The putto leans against a large bearded mask on the ground. The satyr straddles a lion, which lies on the ground to right and turns its head to a putto by its side. There is a basket on the ground between them
Content (object)
drawing
Dimensions
height (actual size): 378mm
width (actual size): 546mm
width (actual size): 546mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo di Mattei No. 7
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B N 7 written in pencil on the front of the drawing, lower left
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• RR (III ; 292.2)