ECL-Bm.11:45-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.11:45-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Relief: Orpheus
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Was Fa 2 no.10
Other number
Fa 3 Palazzo no. 10
Description
Content (description)
In the centre of an oval ground sits Orpheus on rocks to right, draped and playing his lyre. He is surrounded by animals. At his feet are two lionesses and a lion. The rest are distributed around the field on rocky lines. Higher on right two horses stretch their heads up to left, and two horned animals (deer?) face right. On left behind Orpheus are a horse, a camel and a bull. Across the top of the relief three birds perch on a rocky line. Four reed-like plants grow from the bottom edge.
Along the left edge of the drawing is a curved section only which may be the edge of 46
Along the left edge of the drawing is a curved section only which may be the edge of 46
Content (object)
relief
Dimensions
height (actual size): 386mm
width (actual size): 555mm
width (actual size): 555mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo Mattei No. 10
written in ink on the back of the drawing
written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
B N 10 written in pen 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 ; 303.1)
• Vermeule ( 'European Art and the Classical Past' 1964 fig 110)
• Monumenta Matthaeiana (III. tav. XXVII)
• Vermeule ( 'European Art and the Classical Past' 1964 fig 110)
• Monumenta Matthaeiana (III. tav. XXVII)
